146 COMMON CANADIAN WILD PLANTS. 



* * Stems leafy. Corolla rotate, wanting in Glaux. 



4. Trieiila'lis. Leaves in a whorl at the summit of a slender erect 



stem. Calyx usually 7-parted, the lobes pointed. Corolla usually 

 7-parted, spreading, without a tube. Filaments united in a ring 

 below. Flowers usually only one, white and star-shaped. 



5. Lysimaeli'la. Leafy-stemmed. Flowers yellow, axillary or in a 



terminal raceme. Calyx usually 5-parted. Corolla wheel-shaped, 

 mostly 5-parted, and sometimes polypetalous. 



6. Glaux. A fleshy herb with purplish and white axillary flowers. 



Corolla wanting, the calyx petal-like. Atl. Prov. 



7. Anagal'lis. Low and spreading. Leaves opposite or whorled, 



entire. Flowers variously coloured, solitary in the axils. Calyx 

 5-parted. Corolla wheel-shaped, 5-parted. Filaments bearded. 



8. Sam'olns. Smooth and spreading, 6-10 inches high. Corolla bell- 



shaped, 5-parted, with 5 sterile filaments in the sinuses. Calyx 

 partially adherent to the ovary. Flowers very small, white, 

 racemed. Leaves alternate. 



1. Plini'l.'LA, L. PRIMROSE. COWSLIP. 



1. P. farino'sa, L. (BIRD'S-EYE P.) Lower surface of 

 the leaves covered with a white mealiness. Corolla lilac 

 with a yellow centre. Shores of Lake Huron and north- 

 ward. 



2. P. MiStassin'iea, Michx. Leaves not mealy. Corolla 

 flesh-coloured, the lobes obcordate. Shores of the Upper 

 Lakes, and northward. 



2. ANDROS'ACE, Tourn. 



A. septentriona'liS, L. Almost glabrous, 2-10 inches 

 high. Leaves lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, narrowed 

 at the base, toothed. Bracts of the involucre awl-shaped. 

 N.W. 



3. DODECATH'EON, L. AMERICAN COWSLIP. 

 D. Mead'ia, L. (SHOOTING-STAR.) Smooth. Leaves ob- 

 long or spathulate. Flowers nodding on slender pedicels. 

 N.W. 



4. TRIENTA'LIS, L. CmCKWEED-WlNTERGREEN. 



T. America' na, Pursh. (STAR-FLOWER.) Leaves thin 

 and veiny, lanceolate, tapering towards both ends. Petals 

 pointed. Moiat woods. 



