128 ^YILD FLOWERS AND FRUITS 



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

 flowers (not composite) in cluster, leaves simple. 



Calopogon pulchellus. Orchis family. 



Ht. abt. I ft.; fiowers several, in terminal cluster; 

 lip bearded near broadened top; single leaf linear, 

 springing from base. Bogs. Early summer. 



Rose Mallow {Hibiscus Moscheutos). Mallow family. 

 Ht. 6 //. or over, stout; flowers large, clustered at end 

 of stems ; sepals 5 ; petals 5 ; leaves pointed, toothed, 

 lower lobed, upper lance-shaped to oblong. Marshes 

 near coast and waste places on shores. Late summer. 



21. Same as 20, but leaves compound. 



Pale Corydalis {Corydalis glauca). Fumitory family. 

 Max. ht. 2 ft., branching; flowers loosely clustered, 

 pink with yellow tips; sepals 2 ; corolla with spur; 

 2 pairs of petals; leaflets delicate, their final divis- 

 ions round-wedge-shaped. Rocky places. Early 

 spring to autumn. 



Bush Clover (Lespedeza reticulata) . Pulse family. 



Av. ht. 2 ft.; stout, erect, very leafy; flowers small, 

 papilionaceous, clustered on short stalks in axils; 

 leaflets (3) thick, linear to oblong, finely hairy. 

 Summer and autumn. 



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



flowers in head. 



Alsatian Clover {Trifolium hybridum). Pulse family. 

 Max. ht. 2 ft.; flowers rose-pink, in spherical heads 

 on long stalks, papilionaceous, becoming bent back 

 and separate; leaves inversely egg-shaped. Waste 

 places. Spring-autumn. 



Milkwort {Polygala sanguinea). Milkwort family. 



Ht. under i ft.; heads spherical to oblong, densely 

 covered with small flowers; sepals 5; petals 3, 

 lowest keel-shaped; leaves simple, not toothed, 

 linear to oblong. Sandy and damp ground. Early 

 summer-autumn . 



