130 IDENTIFYING WILD FLOWERS 



Small Purplish Green. 



Broad-leaved Helleborine. Diam. \ in. ; flowers droop- 

 ing in long racemes ; sepals 3, broadly ovate ; petals 2 

 ovate-lanceolate, and the third with a hollow or concave 

 shiny lip ; lower leaves close, roundish ovate, strongly 

 parallel-ribbed, 3 in. by 2 in. ; woods ; 1-3 ft. (c.) 1104 



Very Small. 



Balm-leaved Figwort. Diam. -^ in. or over ; length 

 f in. ; leaves triangular, wrinkled, heart-shaped at the 

 base, crenate, downy on both sides ; stem downy, some- 

 what 4-angled ; flowers few, in loose cymes ; bracts linear, 

 blunt ; sepals 5 ; corolla globose, short-lipped ; stamens 

 4 ; moist places ; 2-3 ft. (R.) 852 



Canadian Water-weed or Water-thyme. Diam. pistil 

 flowers J in. ; stamen flowers rarely found ; pistil flowers 

 lengthening to rest on water surface, 4-8 in. long, with 3 

 useless stamens and 3 stigmas ; leaves f in., sessile oblong, 

 generally in whorls of 3 ; streams, etc. ; 1-4 ft. (c.) 1190 



Conical-fruited Burnet. Diam. flowers in. ; heads 

 J in. ; flowers in dense, roundish heads on long, bending 

 stalks ; upper flowers with crimson pistils, lower with long 

 drooping stamens ; sepals 4 ; petals ; stamens many ; 

 stem long, slender, wavy ; flower heads few and distant ; 

 leaves prettily pinnate, leaflets toothed f in. ; fruiting 

 calyx winged, pitted, and reticulated ; heaths ; 1-2 ft. 

 (R.) 407 



Water-purslane. Diam. -^ in. ; stem creeping, root- 

 ing in mud ; leaves obovate, f in. ; flowers solitary ; calyx 

 12-toothed ; petals 6 or ; stamens 6 ; wet places ; 3-8 

 in. (o.) 443 



Very Small Pale Vellowish Pink. 



Flax Dodder. Diam. flowers J in. or more ; heads J in. 

 or over ; stems thread-like, much tangled, reddish, bear- 

 ing no leaves but globular clusters or sessile heads of 

 flowers ; calyx 4-cleft ; corolla 4-5-cleft ; stamens 4-5 ; 

 styles 2 ; sepals fleshy, triangular-ovate ; stamens in- 

 cluded ; grows on stems of flax ; 1-2 ft. (L.) 802 



