WHITE OR WHITISH FLOWERS 



85 



Lily 



Devil's-bit {Chamaeliriiim Carolinianum). 

 family. 



Max. lit. 4 ft. ; with long leafy stem ending in a 

 raceme, sometimes i ft. long; flowers very small; 

 leaves without stalks, those at base clustered. 

 Moist ground. Spring, summer. 



Fig. 44. 



Devil's-bit {Chamaelirium Carolinianum) . 



Shepherd's-purse {Capsella Bursa-pastoris). Mustard 

 family. 

 Av. ht. I ft.; flowers small, petals 4; pods tri- 

 angular, flat; leaves at base clustered, deeply 

 toothed, those of stem pointed without stalks. 

 Very common weed. All summer. 



Green Adder's-mouth {Microstyl is oph ioglossoides) . 

 Orchis family. 

 Low, slender plant; flowers minute, greenish-white, 

 long - stalked ; leaf single, oval, without stalk. 

 Low ground. July. 



