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ROSEWORT 



Seditiii frii:;iihiiii. Orpine Family 



Stems: erect, simple, i;labrou.s. Leaves: oval, obtuse at the apex, den- 

 tate. Flowers: cyme terminal, dense; petals longer than the oblong 

 narrow sepals; staminate flowers with eight stamens, the pistillate ones 

 with four carpels. 



The small purplish-red flowers of this short thick plant 

 are set in a cluster at the top of the stems, which are covered 

 with many small leaves. It grows in the crannies between 

 the rocks and on stony slopes. 



GREAT WILLOW-HERB 



Epilohiu)!! ans^us/ifoh'in/i. Evening Primrose Family 



Stems: erect, simple or branched, glabrous. Leaves: alternate, lanceo- 

 late, entire, pale beneath, acute at the ape.x, narrowed at the base, thin. 

 Flowers: magenta, in terminal spike-like racemes; petals four, entire, 

 spreading. 



The tall strong stems of this striking plant rise to an 

 average height of three feet, though frequently taller, and 

 terminate in long racemes of bright purpHsh flowers, in which 

 the number four is conspicuous, each one having a \ery long 

 caly.x-tube dix'ided into four segments and four large, rounded, 

 wide-open petals. The four-cleft stigma at the ajK'.x of the 

 long style is extremely prominent. The mitl-ribs of the leaves, 

 the stems, the buds, and the calyx-tubes aiv all a dull red; 

 and when the seed ripens the long nai'row \'esscls biu'st o\)cn 

 lengthwise and send afloat in the air clouds of white silky tufts, 

 to each of which is attached a seed that ultimalelv falls to 

 earth seeking some new spot fax'oinablc to its tlcwlopment 



The name Epilobium signifies " upon a i)od," and probably 

 refers to the fact that the flowers grow on the ends of the 

 long pods. Willow-herb refers to the fact that the leaves 

 resemble those of the Willow. 



