BOTANY OP LA SAIvLE COUNTY. 101 



flowered, flowers small, W. Wet, grassy places. 



C. America na. A. Tall 2 to 6 ft. ; leaves lance- 

 olate, acuminate, serrate; flowers wheel shaped, 

 light B. 1 in. broad, in a long spike. J. Woods 

 and along- streams. 



Order 58. ERICA CEAE. Heaths. 

 GAYLUSSACIA. Huckleberry. Low, branching- 



shrubs. 



G. resino sa. Black Huckleberry. Bluffs. 

 VAC CIN UM. Blueberry. Billberry. 



V. vacil lans. Low Blueberry. Bluffs. 

 PYROLA. P. Shin leaf. Low plants, leaVes radical, 

 P. Elliptica. Leaves elliptical dull thin; petiole 

 margined. Scape many flowered; flowers in a 

 'raceme, G. W. 6 to 12 in. Woods^ W. of 

 Starved Rock. 



MONOTROPA. Indian Pipe. Whole plant white. 

 M. Uniflora. Smooth, waxy, W. 1 flowered. Turns 

 Bl . in drying 1 , flowers nodding 1 . 3 to 8 in. Dark 

 Woods. 



Order 61. PRIMULA CEAE- Primroses. 

 DODECATHEON. P. Leaves radical, oblong-. 



D. Meadia. American Cowslip. Mead's Violet. 

 Shooting- Star. Smooth; scape naked with 

 bracts at top and an umbel of W. or Rs. flowers. 

 18 to 20 in. M. Ju. Hig-h banks of the 111. and 

 Prairies. 



ANDROS ACE. A. Root leaves clustered; flowers 



small. 

 A. occidenta lis. Scapes spreading-, 2 to 4 inch. 



Many flowered. Sandy places. 

 STEIRONE MA. P. Leafy, smooth except petioles, 



leaves opposite, flowers Y. 



S. cilia turn. Erect, 2 to 4 ft., leaves long--ovate, 

 acute. Lysimachia ciliata 5th Ed. Wet places. 



