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concave; the lower 3 -cleft, the middle lobe being heart- 

 shaped. Low, branching, with flowers in the axils of the upper 

 leaves, whorled, common. 



94. Red Hemp-nettle 



G. Lddanian is a beautiful little pink flower of the strict- 

 ly labiate kind, quite prominent on the small, leafy stem. 

 Leaves longer and narrower than in the last. 



I have found this only at^Bridgehampton, L. I. Its range is 

 throughout east New England, where it is not common. 



95. Bastard Toad-flax 



Comandra umbellaia. — Family, Sandalwood. Color, green- 

 ish white or purplish. Leaves, alternate, nearly sessile, about 

 I inch long, pale green, pinnately veined. Time, May to 

 July. 



No corolla, but a tubular calyx, spreading at the top, and 

 lengthened beyond the fruit. At its base, above the ovary, is 

 a thick disk, and from the edge of this the stamens spring, 

 •one opposite each lobe of the calyx, their anthers joined to 

 the centre of the^disk by tufts of hair-like threads. Flo7vers 

 in corymb-like clusters, terminal, or in the axils of the upper- 

 most leaves. Fruit, a roundish drupe, tipped by the 5 lobes of 

 the calyx. Parasitic on roots of other plants. 8 to 10 ins. high. 



Found in dry fields, from Cape Breton Island south to Florida 

 and westward to the Pacific coast. 



96. Spurge 



Euphorbia maculaia. — Fatfiily, Spurge. Color, reddish. 

 Leaves, small, oblong, narrow, slightly and finely toothed 

 near the apex, about \ inch long. 



Lying on the ground and common. The leaves are marked 



