. Flowers of the field and forest [microform]. Fleurs sauvages; Botany; Botanique; Wild flowers. FLOWERS OF THE FIELD AND FOREST. 13 Like llic ticpatica opening in the sun dnd clo»ing in the whade, tlie s|»rintf y, Chiytonia virginiana, (Fig. XV.) nin)i-M--> about the same time. Deep tUtwn benieath the siuiace of tlie ground is a small round, swollen stem, ti-Tmod a tulwr (Fig. XV., 2), atta*-hed to which itt a bud. At the advent ot' spring tli*'" bud develop:* in'to a long slender at'ri;il stem, bearing *wo grass-like leaves opposite to one another A t the top, is a loose clus
. Flowers of the field and forest [microform]. Fleurs sauvages; Botany; Botanique; Wild flowers. FLOWERS OF THE FIELD AND FOREST. 13 Like llic ticpatica opening in the sun dnd clo»ing in the whade, tlie s|»rintf y, Chiytonia virginiana, (Fig. XV.) nin)i-M--> about the same time. Deep tUtwn benieath the siuiace of tlie ground is a small round, swollen stem, ti-Tmod a tulwr (Fig. XV., 2), atta*-hed to which itt a bud. At the advent ot' spring tli*'" bud develop:* in'to a long slender at'ri;il stem, bearing *wo grass-like leaves opposite to one another A t the top, is a loose clus- ter of delicate flowers. Liich haa two se- pals, five whitp or pink petals, veined with rose colour, fiv BtamenH, and one pistil, witli three stigmas. (Fi»f. XV., 3). Thi- charniing flower, \rith ita exquisite fleeting beauty is found in moist open wjmhI:* throughout the Dominion, having almost as wide a range- as its objectionable couam, the uurslane. Quite as enhemeral !m the spring bL-autv, is the stooiter, atronger bloonlroot, Sanguin- aria canadensis Fig. XVL). In April, the firm tip of its leaf, curled aaxj-und a fiowci bud (Fig, through. May rich woodj* arc covcrtsl w! Ii its gliiiming white flowers. gulden at the iicai't. At lii^t a' or hluish green, the leaf oecomes more hnlliatit nnil shov'-) strong veins tinged with oraniic. Alter the Mowers tall, the larf,e leavei*, torm- in^^ beds hero and there in iNnva Scotia, New Brunswick, i/uehec and Ontario, begin to prejiare great quantities of tooti winch is stored up in a thick underground nccni or rhizome for tlu: next spring. Like the most of the poppy famii>, the flower ot the bloodroot has two green sepals wliieh tail when the bud exr-nd,^. 'I'he pure wliite petals from eight lo uwelve in number are of two .sizes (Fig. XVI., 3, 4); llnre ;in' twenty-four stamens (Fijf. X\' 5); .'ml one oblong, sn\'olJen witli a l\v> lobed ati«ma (Fig. XVL, G). The petals fall almost as soon ax ili.' flo
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