. Wild flowers of Canada [microform]. Wild flowers; Flowers; Botany; Fleurs sauvages; Fleurs; Botanique. >>g |l \ ^ PLATB a4. â > INDIAN CUCUMBER ROOT. MEDEOLA VIRGINIANA. (LILY FAMILY.) SUM ertet fivm a thiciened roolstott. bearm^^ looie :it>ot htt otherwise smooth : leaivs in Cut tihorls, the lou-rr of seven to nine, the upper or' th*re lu o-^utt^nceolate, acute, net'Wined teaivs; Jtowets on ttjtered pedicels in an nmbel-like ciiulet snbtended by the nppet whorl; sepdis greenish yellou; rrfiexed, EKE is another characteristic plant of North .\merica. a dweller in its western
. Wild flowers of Canada [microform]. Wild flowers; Flowers; Botany; Fleurs sauvages; Fleurs; Botanique. >>g |l \ ^ PLATB a4. â > INDIAN CUCUMBER ROOT. MEDEOLA VIRGINIANA. (LILY FAMILY.) SUM ertet fivm a thiciened roolstott. bearm^^ looie :it>ot htt otherwise smooth : leaivs in Cut tihorls, the lou-rr of seven to nine, the upper or' th*re lu o-^utt^nceolate, acute, net'Wined teaivs; Jtowets on ttjtered pedicels in an nmbel-like ciiulet snbtended by the nppet whorl; sepdis greenish yellou; rrfiexed, EKE is another characteristic plant of North .\merica. a dweller in its western forests. Naught has it in common with Europe and her civilization. The Indian cucumber is a plant of deep woods in this country. In the southern stretches of its home the greenish, insignificant flowers commence to open as early as May, ..hile further north they are found blossoming late ni summer. It is a remarkably well-built plant, a very pattern of symmetry. The leaves are in two clusters, one at the middle, one at tlie top of the .stem where the of flowers An odd feature is the cottony down which occurs on the stem and leaves, seemingly ijuite l(K)se. Doubtless this is a i)rotection for the bud<ling plant when it first peeps above the groimd. Thence it is carried up with the stem as it grows. The r(X)tst(x;k is white, but the resemblance to a cucumber is not striking. Because it was once supposetl to have great medicinal iH)wers, .Medeola is named for Medea, the enchantress, whom Jason bore away from Colchis in his famous .ship the Argo. It is a near relation of the beautiful trilliums, and belongs to a family that boastsmany of our most handsome native and cultivated s/a. 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 Iles, George, 1852-1942. Montreal : Montreal
Size: 1581px × 1581px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, booksubjectbotany, booksubjectflowers, bookyear1
