. Wild flowers of Canada [microform]. Wild flowers; Flowers; Botany; Fleurs sauvages; Fleurs; Botanique. '^ %- PI/ATE 349. ANDROSTEPHIUM VIOLACEUM. (LILY FAMILY.) /y'rnnitlf friim a ronniti'^i ,01m, rmrlopfd in a few /.wc mtmhtitttatfous if,Mle plants are flowering in the shades of our forests throughout the .sununer, all but the hardiest flowers of the plains to api)ear in earliest .spring, spreading a carpet cf brilliant color over the treeless ground. Then, when summer's heats begin to dry the lile-giving from the soil, such as live through more than one ., ripen t
. Wild flowers of Canada [microform]. Wild flowers; Flowers; Botany; Fleurs sauvages; Fleurs; Botanique. '^ %- PI/ATE 349. ANDROSTEPHIUM VIOLACEUM. (LILY FAMILY.) /y'rnnitlf friim a ronniti'^i ,01m, rmrlopfd in a few /.wc mtmhtitttatfous if,Mle plants are flowering in the shades of our forests throughout the .sununer, all but the hardiest flowers of the plains to api)ear in earliest .spring, spreading a carpet cf brilliant color over the treeless ground. Then, when summer's heats begin to dry the lile-giving from the soil, such as live through more than one ., ripen their .seed and wither away above ground, leaving otdy the thickene<l rinit or bull) to send np leaves and flowers spring shall come again. Androstephium X'iolacenm is a low plant, not above half a foot high. The leaves are narrow and onion-like. The flowers are rather showy, pale lilac in color. The name Audrostephinni means "a crown of stamens," because the stamens are united into a ring which crowns the periuuth. I AtaHWsient: Irati-s BUTTERWORT. PI,ATE 250. PiNGUICULA (BLADDERWORT ) 'iulalr. off.'OHg-ofiilr I'f ohnj'iitr. Wil'C"" ,fi,lnnt;l\ Jti'uri liiigr. l^ll.^â¢/./ wllot,-.â Jiirlohtl. /.<» 'Imlf I'lr ^iu: :nth ,«.i It/'/'tit; lOtoltn l;fo-lipprit. uf'pn hf l::vfr/,f :n^r /i\'t ,>i Mt ttii;h, I'iscut-lntbesrrnl: lAirrlttbnt, rmlnif; in a ,.''ntrt t/'in. L'^INGl'ICrLA , the conuiioii Hutterwort, is a .small, snuwth, pu pie-flowered plant, growing on moist rocks in the \'l northern part of Europe, Asia and North America. It ast, straying northward. It is one of the earliest of the spring wild flowers in that region, commencing to in I'Vbruary and contiiniing until 'O â '0. 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
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