WHITE AND GREENISH WILD FLOWERS 



project conspicuously. The leaves are decidedly 

 whitish on the under side. This species comes into 

 blossom about a month later than the preceding, or 

 during May and June, and is inclined to rich woods 

 in the cooler portions of its range. The tubers are said 

 to be used as a tonic and as a remedy for skin diseases. 



PEPPERQRASS 



Lepidium virginicum. Mustard Family. 



Peppergrass is common everywhere along road- 

 sides and in fields from the West Indies and the Gulf 

 States northward to Minnesota and Quebec. It is 

 known by every schoolboy in the land, who has nibbled 

 its peppery buds and seed cases, time and again. The 

 plant is somewhat similar to the Shepherd's Purse, but 

 is more branching, and the seed-pods are set closer 

 and less sprawling on the stems. The upper part of 

 this plant is more leafy, and the colour is possibly a 

 paler green. The leaves of the basal rosette are less 

 divided and more paddle-shaped with their edges 

 nearly all toothed. The four white petals of the minute 

 flower are often wanting. The flat, notched, scale- 

 like seed-cases are loosely arranged around the ever- 

 lengthening flower stalk, and they graduate finely into 

 the few flowers and buds at the tip. 



SHEPHERD'S PURSE 



Capsella Bursa-pastoris. Mustard Family. 



The Shepherd's Purse takes its name from the little, 

 flat, triangular seed-pods, which are the plant's most 



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