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Fern-leaved False Foxglove {Gerardia pedicularia) . 

 Figwort family. 



Similar to above but leaves much cut; stems slightly 



hairy . 

 See also Horse-balm (3). 



3. Leaves opposite, flowers simple, in cluster. 



St. John's wort {Hypericum perforatum). St. John's 

 wort family. 

 Low plant; flowers nearly i in. broad, numerous, 

 with many leaves; sepals 5, petals (5) elongated; 

 stamens numerous; leaves small, oblong, without 

 stalks. Waste places. Early summer. 



Small-flowered St. John's wort {Hypericum muti- 

 lum). St. John's wort family. 

 Similar but smaller, and with much smaller flowers. 



Great St. John's wort {Hypericum Ascyron). St. 

 John's wort family. 

 Max. ht. 5 ft.; flowers large, sepals and petals 5; 

 leaves long, often clasping. 



Canadian St. John's wort. {Hypericum Canadense). 

 St. John's wort family. 

 Max. ht. 2 ft.; flowers small, petals 5, pods dark 

 red, larger than flower; leaves linear. Sandy 

 ground. Summer. 



Horse-balm {Collinsonia Canadensis). Mint family. 

 Ht. few ft.; flowers scented; flowers on slender 

 stalks in terminal clusters (panicled racemes), 

 corolla 2-lobcd; leaves toothed, pointed, with 

 stalks. Rich woods. Summer. 



4. Leaves opposite, flowers simple, not in spike, raceme, or cluster, 



plant over 1|2 ft. 



Fly-honeysuckle {Loniceraciliata) . Honeysuckle family. 

 Shrub, av. ht. 4 ft.; flowers in pairs in axils on 

 slender stalks; corolla tubular, with 5 lobes, leaves 

 rather blunt pointed, oblong-egg-shaped, with 

 stalks. Woods. Spring. 



