WHITE 



WATERLEAF. 



Hydrophyllum Virginiann. Waterleaf Family. 



One to two feet high. Leaves. — Divided into five to seven oblong, 

 pointed, toothed divisions. Flaivers. — White or purplish; in one-sided ra- 

 ceme-like clusters which are usually coiled from the apex when young. 

 Calyx. — Five-parted. Corolla. — Five-cleft ; bell-shaped. Stamens. — Five ; 

 protruding. Pistil. — One. 



This plant is found flowering in summer in the rich woods. 



ENCHANTER'S NIGHTSHADE. 



Circcea LiUetiana. Evening Primrose Family. 



Ste77i. — One or two feet high. Leaves. — Opposite; thin; ovate; slight- 

 ly toothed. Flowers. — Dull white ; small ; growing in a raceme. Calyx. — 

 Two-lobed. Corolla. — Of two petals. Stamens.— Two. Pistil. — One. 

 Fruit. — Small ; bur-like ; bristly with hooked hairs. 



This insignificant and ordinarily uninteresting plant arrests 

 attention by the frequency with which it is found flowering in 

 the summer woods and along shady roadsides. 



C. Alpina is a smaller, less common species, which is found 

 along the mountains and in deep woods. Both species are bur- 

 dened with the singularly inappropriate name of enchanter's 

 nightshade. There is nothing in their appearance to suggest an 

 enchanter or any of the nightshades. It seems, however, that 

 the name of a plant called after the enchantress Circe, and de- 

 scribed by Dioscorides nearly two thousand years ago, was acci- 

 dentally transferred to this unpretentious genus. 



MOUNTAIN SANDWORT. MOUNTAIN STARWORT. 



Arenaria Groenlandica. Pink Family. 



Stems. — Densly tufted, two to four inches high. Leaves. — Linear, scat- 

 tered above, matted below. Flowers. — White. Calyx. — Of five sepals. 

 Corolla. — Of five entire or slightly notched petals. Stamens. — Ten. Pistil 

 — One, with three styles. 



This little plant is usually associated with some rocky moun- 

 tain summit from whose crevices the slender tufted stems and 



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