MOrXTAIX KIOWi-Rs 



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SWEET-SCENTED BEDSTRAW 



GaliuDi trijloiuui. Madder Family 

 Stems: ascending, a little roughened, shinin. Leaves: in sixes, nar- 

 ^oul3 oval ; peduncles slender, terminal, and axillarv. Flowers- in tl re 

 or on three-branched pedicels. Fruit: hispid, with hooked hairs ' 



The flowers of this species of Bcdstraw always c.n,w in 

 threes, or on three-branched stems, as mi^^ht be inferred from 

 the name tuflorum. The leaves are a trifle broader than those 

 of 6. borcalc^ but the flowers of both have a four-lobed white 

 corolla. At all times, but especially when dried, this plant has 

 a sweet odour resembling that of vanilla. Its seeds are two- 

 lobed and are covered with tiny hooked hairs, which haxe 

 earned for it the descriptive name of "Cleaver," for verily its 

 burs cleave fast to anything with which they come in conUict. 



WILD HELIOTROPE 



Valeriana syhuitha. A'alerian Familv 



Stems: erect from creeping rootstocks. Leaves: basal, oblong, entire • 

 stem-leaves petioled, three-to-seven foliolate, the divisions entire Flowers ■ 

 cymose, paniculate, more or less dimorphous ; corolla funnel-form, hve-lol,ecL 

 So sweet is the smell of the Wild Heliotrope that few can 

 mistake it. The flowers are very handsome, white tin-ed 

 with mauve or pink, and grow in big clusters on ihc toi^.f 

 juicy stalks from eight to eighteen inches high, and in two 

 small axillary clusters a few inches below the terminal cyme. 

 The foliage of this plant is handsome, the leaves being 

 strongly veined, glossy, and of a beautiful bright green colour 

 The margins of these leaves are entire, — that is. not cut or 

 toothed, — and herein lies the difference between this plant and 

 r. sitchcnsis, or White Heliotrope, which can onl\- be readilv 

 distinguished from it by the fact that the hitter's Icaxes are 

 coarsely dentate, the flowers of both species being almost 

 identical. A very noticeable featureof the Heliotropes is 

 their extremely long stamens. 



