n6 White to Green and Brown Flowers 



whereas the flowers of the White Comandra grow in clus- 

 ters at the top of the stems, those of the Swamp Comandra 

 grow in the axils of the leaves lower down on the stems, 

 and its fruit is a roundish red and edible berry. It is a 

 parasite on the roots of Cornus canadensis. 



Comandra Richardsiana, or Green Comandra, has very 

 leafy branched stems, oblong pointed leaves and greenish- 

 white or purplish flowers growing in flat-topped clustered 

 heads and also in the axils of the leaves. The fruit is a 

 round berry containing a stone. This plant is usually 

 found in dry open places. 



WITCH'S BROOM 



Arceuthobium americanum. Mistletoe Family 



Stems: slender, much branched. Flowers: the staminate and pis- 

 tillate on separate plants, borne on terminal peduncle-like joints. Fruit: 

 a fleshy, flattened berry borne on a short recurved peduncle. 



This fleshy plant is parasitic on Finns contorta var. 

 Murray ana. It has four-angled much- jointed branches, and 

 small scales in the place of leaves. The tiny flowers are 

 yellowish-green and the fruit is a purplish-brown berry. 



TALL ERIOGONUM 



Eriogonum umbellatum var. ma jus. Buckwheat Family 



Stems: depressed and shrubby below, much branched. Leaves: ob- 

 long, white tomentose below, green and glabrous above; peduncles six 

 to fifteen inches high, naked, bearing a simple umbel of three to ten 

 rays, subtended by a whorl of leaves. 



A somewhat rare and most curious plant. In dry stony 

 places and on rocky slopes you will find, the long-stalked 

 blossoms of the Tall Eriogonum, with its handsome flat- 

 topped clusters of cream-coloured flowers, tipped and tinged 



