PRIMULACE^— PRIMROSE FAMILY 



STAR-FLOWER 



Trientdlis Americana 



Trientdlis, one-third of a foot, the usual height of the 

 plant. 



Low and smooth perennial. Moist shade of woods and 

 thickets. Nova Scotia to Minnesota, southward to the 

 mountains of Virginia. Rare in northern Ohio. May. 



Star-Flo wer. Trienlalis Americana 



Rootstock. — Long, horizontal, slender. 



Leaves. — Five to ten, in a whorl at the summit of the 

 stem, thin, tapering at both ends, of unequal size. 



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