PINK 



SMALL WILLOW-HERB. 



Epilobium coloratiim. Evening Primrose Family. 



One to three feet high. Leaves. — Rather large; lance-shaped; sharply 

 toothed. Flowers. — V^iS.^ pink; small ; more or less nodding, resembling ii^ 

 structure those of the hairy willow-herb. Pistil. — One, with a club-shaped 

 stigma. 



The small willow-herb is abundant in wet places in summer. 



HAIRY WILLOW HERB. 



Epilobium hirsutum. — Evening Primrose Family. 



Three to five feet high. Stem. — Densely hairy; stout; branching. 

 Leaves. — Mostly opposite ; lance-oblong; finely toothed. Flozvers. — Pink, 

 in the axils of the upper leaves, or in a leafy, short raceme. Calyx. — Four 

 or five-parted. Corolla. — Of four petals. Stamens. — Eight. Pistil. — One, 

 with a four-parted stigma. 



The hairy willow-herb is found in waste places, blossoming 

 in midsummer. It is an emigrant from Europe. 



STEEPLE-BUSH. HARDHACK. 



Spircea tomentosa. Rose Family. 



Stems. — Very woolly. Leaves. — Alternate; oval; toothed. Flowers. — 

 Small; pink; in pyramidal clusters. CVr/j' jr. — Five-cleft. Corolla. — Of 

 five rounded petals. Stamens. — Numerous. Pistils. — Five to eight. 



The pink spires of this shrub justify its rather unpoetic name 

 of steeple-bush. It is closely allied to the meadow-sweet, blos- 

 soming with it in low ground during the summer. It differs 

 from that plant in the color of its flowers and in the wooUiness 

 of its stems and the lower surface of its leaves. 



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