RED FLOWERS 



I. LEAVES OPPOSITE. 

 1. Leaves opposite, plant upright. 



Pimpernel. Poor ]\L\n's Weather-glass {Anagallis 

 arvensis). Primrose family. 

 Low plant; flowers solitary on axillary stalks; 

 calyx and corolla 5-parted; stamens 5; leaves 

 inversely egg-shaped without stalks. Fields. Early 

 summer. 



Oswego Tea. 'Q-e-e-'bk'lm {Monarda didyma). Mint fam. 

 Ht. abt. 2 ft., hairy, stem square; flowers in ter- 

 minal head; calyx 5-toothed; corolla 2 in. long, 2- 

 lipped, upper lip erect, lower 3-lobed; stamens 

 long; leaves egg-shaped to lance-shaped, pointed, 

 sharply toothed, with stalks. Woods. Summer. 

 (See Colored Plate T). 



Fig. ss- 



Oswego tea {Monarda didyma) . 



Hedge Nettle {Stachys palustris). Mint family. 



Ma.x. ht. 3 ft.; flowers in interrupted spikes, 2- 

 lipped, lower lip 3-lobed; leaves with rounded teeth, 

 lower with short stems. Moist places. Summer. 



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