58 WILD FLOWERS AND FRUITS 



Bugle-weed (Lycopus Virginicus). Mint family. 



Ht. -^-2 ft.; flowers small in axillary whorls; leaves 

 with stalks, toothed, acute at both ends; stem 

 obtusely ^-angled (Gray). 



See also Motherwort (Purple 5). 



2. Leaves opposite, stem not 4-sided, plant climbing or trailing. 



Partridge-berry (Mitchella repens). Madder family. 

 Running, flowers in twos; calyx 4-toothed; corolla 

 funnel-form, 4-lobed; leaves with stalks, egg- 

 shaped, pointed, shining, evergreen. Dry woods. 

 Early summer. 



Traveller's Joy (Clematis Virginiana). Crowfoot 

 family . 

 A climbing vine; 4 spreading sepals resembling 

 petals; leaves of 3 leaflets. River banks. Summer, 



3. Leaves opposite, stem not 4-sided, plant upright, flowers in 



close heads. 



BuTTON-BUSH (Ccphalanthus occidentalis). Madder 

 family. 

 A rather tall . shrub ; flowers in spherical heads 

 (diameter of i in.), on stalks; leaves oval, short- 

 stalked, without teeth, opposite (or whorled in 3's). 

 Near water. Early summer. 



4. Leaves opposite, stem not 4-sided, plant upright, flowers 



in raceme. 



Mitrewort {Mitella diphylla). Saxifrage family. 



Ht. ^-i ft. ; hairy; flowers small in delicate raceme; 

 petals 5 ; leaves heart-shaped, pointed, almost 

 without stalks. Rich woods. Spring. 



Enchanter's Nightshade {Circaea Lutetiana). Even- 

 ing Primrose family. 

 Ht. I ft. or over; flowers small; petals 2; leaves 

 egg-shaped, slightly toothed; fruit bur-like. Cool 

 woods. Summer. 



