. Flowers of the field and forest [microform]. Fleurs sauvages; Botany; Botanique; Wild flowers. FLOWKRS OF THE FIELD AND FOREST. less unitfd over the pistils. The ovary is tive-collccl and the etigma almost sessile. Tln' llowprs are pale v"iiow. oltrn wparin^ly dotted mth browni-s! red (Fiji. LXXXT. 2). 'I'he PiHitced tourh-Tiie-not, whirh is found tlirimglioiit Canada, has oranae-coloured tinner^ thicldv spotted with .-eddlih-brown. and the spur is more tapering ;ind stronplv incurved than that of the othei*. FKI. LXXXI. -JrOWKL-WKKD, OK TUUC;iI ME NOT. siwcies. Though bumble-bees amd s
. Flowers of the field and forest [microform]. Fleurs sauvages; Botany; Botanique; Wild flowers. FLOWKRS OF THE FIELD AND FOREST. less unitfd over the pistils. The ovary is tive-collccl and the etigma almost sessile. Tln' llowprs are pale v"iiow. oltrn wparin^ly dotted mth browni-s! red (Fiji. LXXXT. 2). 'I'he PiHitced tourh-Tiie-not, whirh is found tlirimglioiit Canada, has oranae-coloured tinner^ thicldv spotted with .-eddlih-brown. and the spur is more tapering ;ind stronplv incurved than that of the othei*. FKI. LXXXI. -JrOWKL-WKKD, OK TUUC;iI ME NOT. siwcies. Though bumble-bees amd similar in- sects visit these flo^vers the ruby-throated IiuniininK bird is the most welcome guast. His slender bill is especially well adapted to the eross-pollination of this flower, for as he hovers abo\e it and itiru^ts his bill obliquely into the spur, he cannot fail to come in contact with both stigma and anthers. T-ite in the season, the jewel- weed produces cicistogamoua flowers. Thj flnral envelopes never open, but are forced off by the growing pod and carried upward ur'on its tip. Thoueh the roadsides and swamps are very rich in August flower?, rocky ravines are not destitute. Clinging to the steep banks of rivers and rooted in shadv sandy uplands, the slight haiebeil. Campanula rotundifolia. sways on tnread-like stalks. The slender stems from six inches to three feet high are furnished, near the base, with rounded leflves. which soon wiither away (Fig. LXXXir., 2), wlulo above, the leaves are long and narrow (Fig. LXXXII., 1). Briffht blue or violet- tinted bells tremble in every breeze (F'g LXXXIT., 3). Both cnlyx and corolla arc. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Derick, Carrie M. (Carrie Matilda), 1862-1941. Montreal : Family Herald and Weekly Star
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