WHITE 



WHITE AVENS. 



Geum album. Rose Family. 



Stem. — Slender ; about two feet high. Root-leaves. — Divided into from 

 three to five leaflets, or entire. Stem-leaves. — Three-lobed or divided, or 

 only toothed. Flo7vers. — White. Calyx. — Deeply five-cleft, usually with 

 five small bractlets alternating with its lobes. Corolla. — Of five petals. 

 Stamens. — Numerous. Pistils. — Numerous, with hooked styles which be- 

 come elongated in fruit. 



The white avens is one of the less noticeable plants which 

 border the summer woods, blossoming from May till August, 

 Later the hooked seeds which grow in round bur-like heads 

 secure wide dispersion by attaching themselves to animals or 

 clothing. Other species of avens have more conspicuous golden- 

 yellow flowers. 



THREE-TOOTHED CINQUEFOIL. 



Potentilla tridentata. Rose Family. 



Stems. — Low; one to ten inches high; rather woody at base; tufted. 

 Leaves. — Divided into three oblong leaflets, which are thick, and coarsely 

 three-toothed at their apex. Flotvers. — White ; clustered. Calyx. — Five- 

 cleft. Corolla. — Of five petals. Stamens. — Many. Pistils. — Many in a 

 head. 



The strawberry-like blossoms of this pretty little plant ap- 

 pear in summer. They are found on the mountain-tops of the 

 Alleghanies, and also along the New England coast, and the 

 shores of the Great Lakes. 



RATTLESNAKE-PLANTAIN. 



[PI. XXXVII 

 Goodyera pubescens. Orchis Family. 



Scape. — Six to twelve inches high. Leaves. — From the root in a sort of 

 flat rosette ; conspicuously veined with white ; thickish ; evergreen. Floiv- 

 ers. — Small ; greenish-white ; crowded in a close spike. 



The flowers of the rattlesnake-plantain appear in late sum- 

 mer and are less conspicuous than the prettily tufted, white- 

 veined leaves which may be found in the rich woods throughout 



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