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WILD FLOWERS AND FRUITS 



Pearly Everlasting {Anaphilis margaritacea). Com- 

 posite family. 

 Av. ht. 1 8 in.; many leafy heads at top; very small 

 flowers, brown, tubular, with pearly scales; leaves 

 many, lance-shaped, long-pointed without teeth. 

 Dry ground. Late summer. 



Silver-rod (Solidago 

 bicolor) . 



Fig. 52. 



FiS. 53. 



Wild lettuce {Lactuca 

 Canadensis) . 



Common everlasting (Gna- 

 phalium polycephalum) . 



59. Leaves (neither opposite, wanting, nor from root only) simple, 



flowers in clusters, plant upright, herb, flowers (not 



composite) bell- or urn-shaped. 



Bastard Toad-flax {Comandra umbellata). Sandal- 

 wood family. 

 Ht. under i ft.; stem with many leaves; flower- 

 stalks clustered at top, several flowered; styles 

 slender; calyx greenish-white with 5 star-like 

 points; stamens 5; leaves oblong, short-stalked. 

 Dry ground. Sprmg, early summer. 



