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Larger Blue Flag {Iris versicolor). Iris family. 



Max. ht. 3 ft.; stem stout; flowers large, few, 

 terminal, conspicuous, divisions of perianth curved 

 back; leaves very long and narrow, ascending. Wet 

 places. Spring, early summer. 



Hepatica {Hepatica triloba). Crowfoot family. 



Low plant; flowers light blue or purple on long 

 hairy leafless stalks; numerous petal-like sepals; 

 leaves thick, broad, long stemmed, with three rounded 

 lobes. Woods. Early spring. 



Arethusa {Arethtisa bulbosa). Orchis family. 



Ht. abt. 9 in.; leafless stem growing from bulb 

 and bearing a single erect flower ^ in. long with 

 bearded lip; petals and sepals nearly alike, 

 lance-shaped; a single linear leaf. Bogs. Early 

 summer. 



17. Same as 16, but flowers not solitary. 



Swamp Pink (Helonias bidlata). Lily family. 



Flowers purple, in compact racemes; perianth 6- 

 divided; stamens 6; pistil i, with three-divided 

 stigma; leaves clustered, long, parallel-veined. Early 

 spring. New York and South. 



Shootixg Star (Dodecatheon Meadia). Primrose 

 family. 

 Max. ht. 2o in. ; flowers several in umbellate cluster, 

 each with long stalk; corolla of 5 long lobes bent 

 backward, stamens forming a cone; leaves some- 

 what lance-shaped, blunt-pointed. Woods. Spring. 

 Penn., West and South. 



Violet Wood-sorrel {Oxalis violacea). Geranium 

 family. 

 Ht. several in. ; leafless stem bearing several flowers; 

 flowers small, violet, petals 5; leaves of 3 inversely 

 egg-shaped leajlcts. Rocky grounds and woods. 

 Spring, early summer. 



