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and branching, 2 to 4 feet high. Flowers, single or in clusters, 

 sessile in the axils of the leaves. Fruit, a drupe with 3 bony 

 nutlets. 



Canada and New England to Minnesota and southward. 



27, Twin-flower 



Linnaea borea/is (named from the great botanist, Lin- 

 naeus). — Family, Honeysuckle. Color, rose and whitish. 

 Leaves, opposite, roundish, sparingly crenate, on short petioles, 

 evergreen, shiny above. Time, June. 



Calyx, 5-toothed. Corolla, bell-shaped, 5-lobed. Stamens^ 

 4, 2 longer than the other 2. Fruit, a dry, 3-celled pod, with 

 only I perfect seed. Floivers, hairy within, delicately fra- 

 grant, in pairs, each hanging from its own tiny stalk, the 2 

 pedicels united below into a slender peduncle, which grows 

 upright from the trailing and creeping stems. As dainty a 

 floral beauty, loving a mossy nest, as the cool woods afford. 



Dr. Gray says that this plant was an especial favorite with " the 

 immortal Linnaeus," and that "there is extant at least one con- 

 temporary portrait of Linnaeus in which he wears the tiny flowers 

 in his button-hole." 



28, Sweet-scented Bedstraw 



Galium iriflorum. — Family, M.?i<\dtr. CVA';-, white or green- 

 ish. Leaves, i to 2 inches long, with rough margins, in whorls, 

 4, 5, or 6 in a whorl. Time, June, July. 



Calyx, tubular. Corolla, 4 -parted. Stamens, 4. Styles, 2. 

 Fruit, double. Flowers on peduncles, 3 together. Plant 

 rough along the angles of its square stem, which grows stififer 

 and taller than in many of the genus. Its peculiarity is in 

 its pleasant fragrance when dried. 



29. Goose-grass, Cleavers 

 G. Aparine is weak stemmed, hairy, and bristly. The plant 



