riNK AM) ROSE-COLORED FLO^VERS 125 



Amphibious Knotweed. (Polygonum amphtbium). 

 Buckwheat family. 

 Stout, growing in water; spike (at end of 

 stem) sometimes i in. long; flowers small, rose- 

 colored; 5 divisions of calyx resembling petals; 

 stamens 5; style projecting; leaves usually 

 thick, generally with long stalks, oblong. Ponds. 

 Summer. 



Hairy Bush Clover {Lespedeza polystachya) . Pulse 

 family. 

 Max. ht. 4 ft. ; stem soft-hairy ; spikes short and 

 thick, flowers small, papilionaceous, with purple 

 spot on upper petal (standard) ; leaflets (3) rounded, 

 without teeth. Dry ground. Late summer and 

 autumn. Common. 



Pink Knotweed {Polygonum. Pennsylvanicum) . Buck- 

 wheat family. 

 Max. ht. 4 ft. ; branching, enlarged at joints; flowers 

 small in dense spikes sometimes over i in. long; 5 

 divisions of calyx resembling petals; leaves lance- 

 shaped; long pointed. Moist ground. Late summer 

 and early autumn. 



Lady's Thumb {Polygonum Persicaria). Buckwheat 

 family. 

 Ht. 2 ft. or under, similar to above; leaves often 

 with dark spot in middle. Early summer-autumn. 

 (Called Hearts-ease in some localities.) 



See also Purple Fringed Orchis (Purple 24). 



17. Leaves otherwise than opposite or whorled, upright herb, 

 flowers in raceme, plant not over 1 ft. 



Thread-leaved Sundew {Drosera filijormis). Sundew 

 family. 

 Av. ht. I ft. ; delicate raceme of small flowers with 

 5 petals, 5 stamens and 3 styles; leaves (from base 

 only) very long and thread-like, covered with bristles. 

 In sand on coast. Summer. 



