".)- COMMON CANADIAN WILD PLANTS. 



.'!. I'.vsiiiiitch'ia. Leafy-stemmed. Flowers yellow, axillary or in a terinin.-il 

 raceme. Calyx usually 5 -parted. Corolla wheel -shaped, mostly . r )-p.rf< <!, 

 uiul sometimes polypetalous. 



4. Anagal'lis. Low and spreading. Leaves opposite or whorled, entire. 



Flowers variously coloured, solitary in the axils. Calyx ;.-| 

 Corolla wheel-shaped, 5-partcd. Filaments beard i-d. 



5. Sam'olus. Smooth and spreading, G-10 inches high. Corolla bell-shaped, 



5-parted, with 5 sterile filaments in the sinuses. Calyx pitrtiulbi <nll" >- 

 cnt to the ovary. Flowers very small, white, racemed. Leaves alter im'' . 



1. PRIM'ULA, L. PRIMROSE. COWSLIP. 



1. P. farino'sa, L. (BIRD'S-EYE P.) Lower surface of the 

 leaves covered with a white mealiness. Corolla lilac with a 

 yellow centre. Shores of Lake Huron, and northward. 



2. P. Mistassin'ica, Michx. Leaves not mealy. Corolla 

 flesh-coloured, the lobes obcordate. Shores of the Upper Lakes, 

 and northward. 



a. TRIENTA'L-IS, L. CHICKWEED-WlNTERGREEN. 



T. America'na, Pursh. (STAK-FLOWER.) Leaves thin ami 

 veiny, lanceolate, tapering towards both ends. Petals pointed. 

 Moist woods. 



3. LYSIMACH'IA, Touru. LOOSESTRIFE. 



1. L. thyrsiflo'ra, L. (TUFTED LOOSESTRIFE.) Flowers in 

 spike-like clusters from the axils of a few of the upper 1 

 Petals lance-linear, purplish-dotted, as many minute teeth between 

 them. Leaves scale-like below, the upper lanceolate, opposite, 

 sessile, dark-dotted. Wet swamps. 



2. L. stricta, Ait. Flowers on slender pedicels in a lony 

 terminal raceme. Petals lance-oblong, streaked with dark lines. 

 Leaves opposite, lanceolate, acute at each end, sessile, dark-dotted. 

 Low grounds. 



3. L. qiiadrifo'lia, L. Flowers on lontj slender j>< -dinn-h --> j'rom 

 the axils of the upper leaves. Petals streaked. Lean* in n-korls 

 of 4 or 5, ovate-lanceolate, dark-dotted. Sandy soil. 



4. Li cilia/ta, L. (Steironema ciliatum, Raf., in Maeoun's 

 Catalogue.) Flowers nodding on slnnlrr peduncles from the 

 upper axils. Petals not streaked or dotted. Leaves opposite, not 



