. A spring flora for high schools. Botany. 54 ARISTOLOCHIACEAE (BIRTHWORT FAMILY) SAWTALACEAE (Sandalwood Family) A small family, chiefly tropical, and including herbs, shrubs and trees. COMANDRA Low herbaceous perennials. The flowers perfect and in umbel- like clusters. Anthers connected to the calyx- lobes by a tuft of thread-like hairs. plant with herbaceous stems arising from a rather woody base, alternate and almost sessile leaves, and greenish-white flowers. C. umbellata, Bastard Toadflax. The flower- ing stems dm. high, branched, very leafy. The leaves are oblong, thin, p
. A spring flora for high schools. Botany. 54 ARISTOLOCHIACEAE (BIRTHWORT FAMILY) SAWTALACEAE (Sandalwood Family) A small family, chiefly tropical, and including herbs, shrubs and trees. COMANDRA Low herbaceous perennials. The flowers perfect and in umbel- like clusters. Anthers connected to the calyx- lobes by a tuft of thread-like hairs. plant with herbaceous stems arising from a rather woody base, alternate and almost sessile leaves, and greenish-white flowers. C. umbellata, Bastard Toadflax. The flower- ing stems dm. high, branched, very leafy. The leaves are oblong, thin, pale beneath, the pale Comandra umbellata, ^-^^-^^ ^^^ prominent beneath. The inflorescence Bastard toadflax. ... , Inflorescence and ^^ ^^ ellipsoid panicle composea of many small single flower. flowers on divergent branches. The roots form parasitic attachments to the roots of trees and shrubs. Dry ground. Flowers in May and June. ARISTOLOCHIACEAE (BiRTHWORT Family) A small family of twining shrubs or low herbs, with perfect flowers, the conspicuous calyx valvate tn bud and coherent with the 6-celled ovary which forms a many-seeded fruit. Stamens 5—12, more or less united with the style. ASARUM Stemless, perennial herbs. Sta- mens 12, with more or less distinct filaments. The calyx is 3-parted. The petals when present are rudi- ^^. , Asarum canadense, Wild ginger. mentary. The creeping rootstock is aromatic-pungent. It bears one or two kidney-shaped or heart-. 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 Cowles, Henry Chandler, 1869-1939; Coulter, John G. (John Gaylord), b. 1876. joint author. New York, Cincinnati [etc. ] American Book Company
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