50 COMMON CAN' AD IAN' WILD PLANTS. 



Synopsis ol th> <;-n<-r:i. 



1. Circne'a. Petah .?, ,.!<,'!, it, . Stamens t. Stigma capitate. Fruit bur- 



like, 1-2-seeded, beset \\itli hooked Wistles. Delicate low plants with 

 opposite leaves and very small white Mowers in ra 



2. Epilo'bium. Petals //. Stamens 8. Calyx-tube hardly prolonged beyond 



the ovary. Fruit a linear pod, many-seeded, the seeds provided with 

 tufts of downy hair. 



3. CEiiothe'ra. Petals h. Stamens 8. Stigma 4-lobed. rim,; ,-s //.//,. f r. 



Calyx-tul)e much prolonged. Pods cylindrical or club-shaped. 

 without tufts. 



4. Ludwig'ia. Petals k, or none. Stamens U. Calyx-tube not prolonged. 



Stigma capitate. 



1. CIRCJE'A, Tourn. ENCHANTER'S NIGHTSHADE. 



1. C. Llltetia'na, L. Stem 1-2 feet high. Leaves opposite, 

 ovate, slightly toothed. No bracts under the ;<r///Vv/.s-. Fruit 

 roundish, brintly -hairy, 2-celled. Rich woods. 



2. C. alpi'na, L. Stem low and delicate (3-8 inches). Leaves 

 cordate, coarsely toothed. Minute bract* unili-r tin' pt<lic</.-<. 

 Fruit club-shaped, soft-hairy, 1-celled. Deep low woods. 



a. EPILO'BIUM, L. WILLOW-TIKUH. 



1. E. angustifolium, L. ((JREAT WILLOW-HERB.) Stem 3-6 

 feet high, simple. Leaves lanceolate. Flowers purple, very 

 showy, in a terminal raceme or spike. Stigma of 4 long lobes. 

 Newly-cleared land. 



2. E. palustre, L., var. lineare. Stem 1-2 feet high, erect, 

 slender, branching above, hoary -pubescent. Leaves linear, nearly 

 entire. Flowers small, corymbed at the ends of the branches, 

 purplish or white. Petals erect. Stigma club-shaped. Bogs. 



3. E. molle, Torr., is occasionally met with. It diners from 

 No. 2 chiefly in having the leaves crowded and their points more 

 obtuse. The petals are rose-coloured. Bogs. 



4. E. colora'turn, Muhl. Stem 1-2 feet high, nearly amooA. 

 Leaves lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate. Flowers small, corymbed. 

 Petals purplish, deep ft/ no^Aerf. Extremely common in w-t 



places. 



3. CEIVOTHE'RA, L. EVKNIXC TIUMKOSK. 



1. (E. bien'nis, L. (COMMON MVKMNC I'KIMKOSK.) ,V/. 

 feet high, hairy. Leaves ovate-lanceolate. Flowers yellow, 



