. Wild flowers of Canada [microform]. Wild flowers; Flowers; Botany; Fleurs sauvages; Fleurs; Botanique. â « PLATE 204. EPILOBIUM RIGIDUM. (EVEMNG-PRIMROSE FAMILY.) Illy i(f, r-truii mnifilf. fifft oiilv a fttf iiichfi hiiih. ti'Hit ,1 \Irii,tii iinit-UiHk : teiilfi iiii in V ih,'i-t wmiffil />fti,*lfS, liiiffr (ipfifi\ilf, uppfr iiifi-itltrrimtc, fit. ) lutriituti ,i/,i/m/.;.' â t,> i>b li-iitfs. strnitti pi-UhHii^ii: ofary coteifit with afim u-hiti'g/niittutai ,,in,â : stix»i,i /<i'.».â ''â Rigidum is one of the many species of the West. It grows in the
. Wild flowers of Canada [microform]. Wild flowers; Flowers; Botany; Fleurs sauvages; Fleurs; Botanique. â « PLATE 204. EPILOBIUM RIGIDUM. (EVEMNG-PRIMROSE FAMILY.) Illy i(f, r-truii mnifilf. fifft oiilv a fttf iiichfi hiiih. ti'Hit ,1 \Irii,tii iinit-UiHk : teiilfi iiii in V ih,'i-t wmiffil />fti,*lfS, liiiffr (ipfifi\ilf, uppfr iiifi-itltrrimtc, fit. ) lutriituti ,i/,i/m/.;.' â t,> i>b li-iitfs. strnitti pi-UhHii^ii: ofary coteifit with afim u-hiti'g/niittutai ,,in,â : stix»i,i /<i'.».â ''â Rigidum is one of the many species of the West. It grows in the ran;j in Oregon and strays North. Tt is a lu'.ndsome plant, not tall, but upright and strict in its growth. Th-; flowers are large and showy, of a rich rose purple color. While asually nearly smooth, there is a variety which has the stent and leaves covere 1 with a dense, white pid)escence. The capsule in which the .seeds are is club-shaped. .'\s in all other Ivpiloljiums, it is four-celled. When the fruit is mature, the four valves split apart, usually curling u]i and allowing the seeds to escape. The capsule in this condition is very pretty. With the exception of the Fire weed, the native of eastern North America are not \ery showy plants. One KuroiK'an species, the On at Willow Herb, I{pilobiinu Ilirsutum. is naturalized in the Northeastern States and in Ontario. It is a handsome plant, with large purple I) In ICngland it goes by the odd name of " ; Strangely enough, there are a great many Kpilo- biums in New Zealand. While the small flowered Hpilobiums fertilize , the species with large showy flowers that readily attract insects shed the ])ollen before the stigma of the same flower is ready to receive it, making cross-fertilization a iicee».sityâwith all the gain of strength where breeding in-and-in is at. #o. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page image
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