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FIELD AND WOODLAND PLANTS 



of wayside ditches, as well as in copses and other moist and shady 

 places. It has a hauy stem, from one to two feet high ; hairy, 

 ovate leaves in pairs ; and red (rarely white), unisexual flowers which 

 close at night. The male and female flowers are on separate plants. 



The Dyer's Weed. 



The former have ten stamens ; and the latter a superior ovary 

 which ripens to a globular capsule with five teeth that spread 

 horizontally or even curve downwards. In both the calyx is 

 tubular, with five triangular teeth ; and the petals have spreading, 

 deeply-notched limbs. The plant flowers during June and July. 

 Three species of Mallow (order Malvacece) are more or less 



