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WHITE TO GREEN 



SWEET ANDROSACE 



Androsace Cha;ncpjas;ne. Primrose Family 



Stems : slender. Leaves : in more or less open rosulate tufts, one-nerved, 

 ovate. Flowers: in capitate umbels. 



The sweet smell of these delicate little clustered blossoms, 

 that grow from one to three inches above the soil and fill the 

 air with fragrance, is most attractive. Their primrose-like petals, 

 of creamy or pinkish hue, look up with yellow eyes to greet 

 each passer-by, while rosulate tufts of tiny narrow leaves are 

 set about the slender stems. 



ALPINE ANDROSACE 



Androsace septentrionalis. Primrose Family 



Stems: slender, many-flowered. Leaves: rosulate, lanceolate. Flowers: 

 calyx-tube obpyramidal, with subulate, acute, green lobes; corolla-lobe 

 obovate, longer than the calyx. 



A very different species from the foregoing one, having 

 much branched, thread-like stems, bearing numerous tiny 

 white flowers. 



STAR-FLOWER 



Trie n talis Americana. Primrose Family 



Rootstock creeping, sending up many stem-like branches, which are 

 naked below, the leaves all in a verticil of five to ten at the summit. 

 Leaves : membranous, lanceolate, acuminate at both ends, sessile. Flowers : 

 solitary or few ; calyx usually of seven sepals ; corolla wheel-shaped, of 

 seven petal-like segments. 



The pretty blossoms of this Star-flower are generally white, 

 though sometimes tinged with mauvish-pink, and so grace- 

 fully are they poised on slender stalks above a whorl of 

 pointed leaves that every puff of wind blows them gently to 

 and fro. The number seven recurs with marked frequency in 

 this particular plant, — the calyx is seven-parted, the corolla 



