An illustrated guide to the flowering plants of the middle Atlantic and New England states (excepting the grasses and sedges) the descriptive text written in familiar language . und in moist pastures and wasteplaces, with opposite loaves and solitary scarlet or whitish flowers. Calyxof 5 narrow tapering lobes; corolla wlicel-shaped of 5 rather deeply-partedlobes; ovary globose, the top separating like a lid to allow the escapeof the minute seeds. A. arvensis, L. (Fig. 7, pi. 119.) Scarlet Pimpernell. PoorMans Weather Glass. Plant procumbent, stems 4 to 12 in, long,4-sided. Leaves broadly egg-s
An illustrated guide to the flowering plants of the middle Atlantic and New England states (excepting the grasses and sedges) the descriptive text written in familiar language . und in moist pastures and wasteplaces, with opposite loaves and solitary scarlet or whitish flowers. Calyxof 5 narrow tapering lobes; corolla wlicel-shaped of 5 rather deeply-partedlobes; ovary globose, the top separating like a lid to allow the escapeof the minute seeds. A. arvensis, L. (Fig. 7, pi. 119.) Scarlet Pimpernell. PoorMans Weather Glass. Plant procumbent, stems 4 to 12 in, long,4-sided. Leaves broadly egg-shaped without leaf stems. Flowers in leaf-axils, on slender pedicels generally -opposite; petals rounded, somewhatdeeply sci)arated. Moist places. Naturalized. June-Aug. 7. NAUMBURGIA, Moench. A plant of cold swamps. Erect, leaves opposite, the lower reduced toscales, smooth; flowers in dense rounded tufts from the leaf-axils, yel-low, the calyx and corolla each 5- to 7-parted, sepals and petals linear;stamens 5 to 7, extending beyond the corolla. Ovary globose, N. thyrsiflora, (L.) Duby. (Fig. r>, pi. 120.) Tufted Loosestrife. HUCKLEBERRY AND INDIAN PIPE FAMILIES 479. Plate 1181. Pieris mariana. 2. Leucothoe racemosa. 3. Hypopitya americana. uniflora. 5. Pterospora andromedea. 6. Xolisma ligustrina. calyculata. 480 PKIMULACEAE Stem 1 to 2 ft. high; leaves lance-shaped tapering at each end. May-July. 8. STEIRONEMA, Raf. Perennial smooth herbs, with opposite leaves, or leaves in whorls onthe flowering branches. Flowers yellow, spreading or nodding; calyx5-parted; corolla wheel-formed, lobes rounded each tcith a tooth at apex,the base of each folding on a stamen. Fertile stamens 5, sterile as 10- to 20-seeded. Leaves egg-shaped, the leai-stalk hairy 5. ciliatum Leaves lance-shaped, tapering at each end 5. lanceolatum Leaves linear 5. quadriiiorum 1. S. ciliatum, (L-) Raf. (Fig. 4, pi. 120.) Fringed ; stems 1 to 4 ft. hig
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