FIGWORT FAMILY 



Many species of Pediculdris are found in and west 

 of the Rocky Mountains; in the Eastern States there 

 are but three reported, of which the Wood Betony, 



Pediculdris Canaden- 

 sis, is one of our April 

 flowers. This species 

 particularly delights 

 to grow on sandy 

 knolls in open woods 

 or in swampy low- 

 lands, where it may 

 enjoy a humid atmos- 

 phere, thus combin- 

 ing dry feet with a 

 moist head. It grows 

 in patches and the 

 general effect of a 

 blooming area is a 

 leafy, tousled mass of 

 sprawling, fern- like 

 leaves and blooming 

 heads, the color of the 

 flowers creeping into 

 leaves and stems and 

 a general dishevelled 

 air pervading all. 

 The individual flower is extremely interesting. In 

 the first place, it is two-lipped, always an interesting 

 form, and the color scheme varies from golden brown 

 to reddish purple, from pale yellow to white. 



After the flowering season the spike lengthens 

 several inches, and the fruit ripens as a head of stiff, 

 brown capsules. 



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Wood Betony. Pediculdris Canadensis 



