. Flowers of the field and forest [microform]. Fleurs sauvages; Botany; Botanique; Wild flowers. FLOWEKS OF THK_FIELD AND FORIIST. spike (Fi« lAXXN' 2). K,ich flowiT li;)s a liJiiiy. livf calyx; n twn- lippcj a h^m, >Ii'nilcr fili'.' nilit on one hIiIl'; lixc ntaiiirris iitii: I \>v leir liairy anthers iibout the style 'Kit,'. 3), ana a two-c«'Ufil {FiK. lAXXVIH., 4) Willi a t\; .-U-ft sti;,'- ina. Throe of thi; aiitliei*!*, urt* liii-KtT that the otht-r two, may bo siiiootli. Tht! fttylo and the c'i>h('i'erit stamens iH'oj
. Flowers of the field and forest [microform]. Fleurs sauvages; Botany; Botanique; Wild flowers. FLOWEKS OF THK_FIELD AND FORIIST. spike (Fi« lAXXN' 2). K,ich flowiT li;)s a liJiiiy. livf calyx; n twn- lippcj a h^m, >Ii'nilcr fili'.' nilit on one hIiIl'; lixc ntaiiirris iitii: I \>v leir liairy anthers iibout the style 'Kit,'. 3), ana a two-c«'Ufil {FiK. lAXXVIH., 4) Willi a t\; .-U-ft sti;,'- ina. Throe of thi; aiitliei*!*, urt* liii-KtT that the otht-r two, may bo siiiootli. Tht! fttylo and the c'i>h('i'erit stamens iH'ojecL throiiph the slit in the corolla. In yoiniK JiowtTs, tho antJiers are matiiri' arnl pollfii U shiik'.'ii from them by visiiinj; boes. Hut Holf-iK>llin- ation ia prevt'ntisi, the inunaluiv enelosed within the anthers, remain pressed together until the style forces them through the ring of anthers; then tho lobes of the stigma expand and are ready to reLtive pollen from another Hov^or. Occq- nioiijlly, however, aorae of the pollen cling- inK to the faaira of the anthers reaches the stigma of the same flower and ctelf-poUina- lion ensuei". Indian, or wild tobacco, ],)• bi'lia infii*.ta, jy a much le^a attractive member of the same genus. Its pale blue or violet flowers are small and scattered in the leafy clusters. Its dirttinguishing mark is the much inflated, ribbed seed-pod. The plant blossoms from July to November and IS quite common from the Atlantic Ocean to the Siiskatchewan River. Although it con- tains a poisonous substance, it was used in making a popular quack medicine, and was smoked by Indians, who enjoyed the drow- tiinesa it induced. September has its flowering shrubs, one of the prettiest of which is the button-bush, C'ephalanthns occidentalis. Tills chamiin;; bush, with fragrant, creamy-white globes of flowers, ia common along the muddy bor- ders of rivers and lakes in Quebnc and On- tario, and has been found in Nova Scotia a
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