. The commonly occurring wild plants of Canada and more especially of the province of Ontario [microform] : a flora for the use of beginners. Botany; Wild flowers; Plants; Botanique; Fleurs sauvages; Plantes. 14 COMMON OANADUN WILD PLANTS. l;; 1 \. 8. DRABA. Whitlow-Grass. D. arablsans. Flowers white. Stem leafy, erectly branched, pubescent. Leaves lanceolate or linear, minutely f^antate. Kaceme short, erect. Pods half an inch long, twisted •vhen ripe.—Kocky places. 9. CAMEL'IXA. False Flax. 1. 0. sati'va. (Common I.) Flowers yellowish. Stem 1-2 :eet high, straight, erect, branching. Leaves la
. The commonly occurring wild plants of Canada and more especially of the province of Ontario [microform] : a flora for the use of beginners. Botany; Wild flowers; Plants; Botanique; Fleurs sauvages; Plantes. 14 COMMON OANADUN WILD PLANTS. l;; 1 \. 8. DRABA. Whitlow-Grass. D. arablsans. Flowers white. Stem leafy, erectly branched, pubescent. Leaves lanceolate or linear, minutely f^antate. Kaceme short, erect. Pods half an inch long, twisted •vhen ripe.—Kocky places. 9. CAMEL'IXA. False Flax. 1. 0. sati'va. (Common I.) Flowers yellowish. Stem 1-2 :eet high, straight, erect, branching. Leaves lanceolate, sagittate. Pods pear-shaped, large, margined.—In flax fields. ^ 10. CAPSEL'LA. Shepherd's Purse. <0. Bursa-pasto'ris. Flowers small, white. Root-leaves clustered, pinnatifid ; stem-leaves clasping, sagittate.—^A very common weed. 11. liEPID'IUM. Peppergrass. 1. L. Virgin'icum. (Wild P.) Flowers smaW; petals present, white. Stem 1-2 feet high. Leaves lanceolate, the upper linear or lanceolate and entire, the lower toothed or pinnatifid, tapering towards the base. Pods marginless or nearly so, oval or orbicul- ar.—Along railways and roatlsides. 2. L. interme'dium. Distinguished from No. 1 by having the cotyledons incumbent instead of accumbent, and the pods minutely winged at the top.—Dry sandy fields. 3. L. ruderale. Petals always absent. More branched than the preceding. la. CAKFliE. Sea-Rocket. C. America'na. (Americans.) Flowers purplish. Leaves obovate, fleshy, wavy-toothed. Pod fleshy, 2-jointed.—Sea- shore, and borders of the Great Lakes. Order XL CAPPAIlIDA'CE-ffil. (Caper Family.) Herbs (in Canada), with an " acrid watery juice, and alternate palmately-compound leaves. Flowers cruciform. Stamens 8 or more. Pod like that of a crucifer, hut <mly. 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 res
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