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WILD FLOWERS AND FRUITS 



leaves small, oblong, without stalks. Spring, sum- 

 mer. Coast. Nantucket and Portsmouth, Va. 



Purple-leaved Willow-herb {Epilohium coloratum). 

 Evening Primrose family. 

 Max. ht. 3 ft.; flowers pendulous at end of stalks, 

 growing from axils; petals 4; leaves partly oppo- 

 site, lance-shaped, toothed, narrowed to short 

 stalks. Wet ground. Summer. 



Fig. 61. 



Purple-leaved willow-herb {Epilobium coloratum) . 



Sea Pink {Sabbatia stellaris). Pink family. 



Ht. ^-2 ft.; large flowers on separate spreading 

 stalks; calyx with long pointed lobes; corolla with 

 5 divisions and with yellow centre; leaves almost 

 linear. Coast. Summer, autumn. 



Large Marsh Pink {Sabbatia chloroides). Pink family. 

 Max. ht. 2 ft. ; flowers large (2 in. and larger) ; 

 corolla with numerous divisions, broad at end; 

 leaves narrow and pointed. Near coast. Summer, 

 autumn . 



