TRIENTALIS, 



Americana Star Floivcr 



TYPHA, 



LATiFOLiA * Cat-tail-flag 



AuGusTiFOLiA Cat-tail-flag 



The upper half of the cyHndrical spike consists 

 of stamens only, the lower half are ovaries 

 or pistils. The powdery pollen of the staminate 

 flowers, scatters itself over the pistillate flowers 

 below and thus fertilizes them. The leaves of 

 this plant, with sedges and equisetams work 

 up beautifully into raffia or basketry, the popu- 

 lar fad, with young ladies. 



UNIOLA, 



PANicuLATA Spiked Grass 



LATiFOLiA Spiked Grass 



UTRICULARIA, 



VULGARIS Bladderwort 



An interesting plant, having no home being 

 blown from shore to shore by the winds. 

 Botanists have been unable to decide whether 

 the capillary dissected stems are leaves or 

 rootlets. The flowers are pouched, having 

 stomach like sacs, into which insects are 

 entrapped. 



URTICA, 



GRACILIS Nettle 



UVALARIA, 



PERFOLiATA Belhvort 



GRANDIFLORA BellwOVt 



SESSiFOLiA Bellwort 



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