. Leaves and flowers : or, Object lessons in botany with a flora : prepared for beginners in academies and public schools . Botany. 204 THE FLORA. § Flowers opening by night. Pods rounded at the corners, sessile 1, 2 § Flowers openiTig by day. Pods chib-shaped, sharply 4-cornered a a Steins erect, 1-3 feet high. Flowers large (1-2' across) 8 a Stems half-erect, 6-16' long. Flowers small (5-8" across) 6, 7 1 CE. bien'nis. Lvs. slightly toothed. Pods oblong. Fls. 1' or more wide. 2 CE. sinua'ta. Leaves sinuate-toothed or pinnutifid. Flowers i' wide. S. 5 Pods scarcely winged on the 4 sharp
. Leaves and flowers : or, Object lessons in botany with a flora : prepared for beginners in academies and public schools . Botany. 204 THE FLORA. § Flowers opening by night. Pods rounded at the corners, sessile 1, 2 § Flowers openiTig by day. Pods chib-shaped, sharply 4-cornered a a Steins erect, 1-3 feet high. Flowers large (1-2' across) 8 a Stems half-erect, 6-16' long. Flowers small (5-8" across) 6, 7 1 CE. bien'nis. Lvs. slightly toothed. Pods oblong. Fls. 1' or more wide. 2 CE. sinua'ta. Leaves sinuate-toothed or pinnutifid. Flowers i' wide. S. 5 Pods scarcely winged on the 4 sharp angles. Leaves narrow 4, 5 3 CE. frutico'sa. Pods with the 4 angles distinctly winged. Leaves lanceolate. 4 CE. riga'ria. Leaves linear-lanceolate. Flowers finally racemed. S. M. 5 CE. linea'ris. Leaves linear. Flowers on the ends of the branches. S. M. 6 CE. pum'ila. Flowers straw-yellow. Pods almost sessile. Common. N. M. 7 OS. chiysam'tha. Fls. orange-yellow. Pods distinctly stalked. Eare 3. OIROiE'A. Enchanter's Nightshade. Calyx tube a little prolonged above the ovary, lobes 2. Petals 2, ob- cordate. Stamens 2, opposite the sepals. Fmit reflexed, inversely egg- shaped, with hooked hairs, 2-celled, 2-seeded.—y Small, tender herbs, with opposite leaves and terminal racemes of small, reddish-white flowers. O. Lutetia'na. (&« tTte figure.) Stem l-2f. high, sparingly branched, pul>«scent Leaves dark green, ovate, subcordate, acuminate, coarsely toothed. P'^dicel* without bracts, bent down after flowering. Fruit clothed with bristly hook* Jtitu^ July. O. alpi'na. Stem 5-10' high, very smooth. Leaves pale green, broad eorda.«, tbU. slightly dentate. Common in rocky woods at the North. July. Okdek LY.—GROSSULAC^. Currants. Small shrubs, often prioMy, with alternate, lobed, plaited leaves; flowers in axillary racemes, regular, 4 or 5- parted, small; petals inserted into the throat of the calyx, small, distinct, and the ^Tuit a 1-celled, many-seeded, 2-carpeled
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