WHITE OR WHITISH FLOWERS 89 



Ground Cherry (Physalis Virginiana) . Nightshade fam. 

 Branched and spreading; flowers nodding along 

 stem, each with stalk; corolla wheel-shaped; centre 

 yellow; leaves large and broad, toothed. Light soil. 

 Summer. 



Bindweed {Convolvulus arvensis). Convolvulus family. 

 Low plant; corolla bell-shaped on long stalk, leaves 

 arrow-shaped. Fields, near the coast. Early summer. 



Cheeses {Malva rotundifolia). Mallow family. 



Low, creeping; flowers few, in axils; petals 5, notched, 

 veined; leaves round, long-stalked, edges somewhat 

 lobed, and round-toothed. Seed-receptacle round 

 and flat. Common garden weed. Summer, autumn. 



50. Same as 48, but moss-like. 



Cassiope hypnoides. Heath family. 



Ht. few in. ; flowers solitary, on delicate stalks, corolla 

 5-cleft; leaves evergreen, awl-shaped. Mountains. 

 Summer. 



Fig. 47. 



'5' 



Cassiope hypnoides. 



Pyxie (Pyxi'danthera barbulaia). Diapensia familv. 



Flowers solitary and without stalks, white or rose- 

 colored; leaves narrow, pointed. Sandy pines. 

 New Jersey to North Carolina. Early spring. 



