216 PINK TO MAGENTA 



1. WOOD BETONY; LOUSEWORT: Beefsteak 

 Plant: High Heal-all. Pedlcularis canadensis. 



Figwort Family. May July. 



Found in open woods. Nova Scotia to Flor- 

 ida, west to Manitoba, Kansas, Colorado. 

 FLOWERS Greenish yellow and purplish red, 2- 

 lipped, in short, dense clusters, termi- 

 nating stems 6-18 inches high. 

 LEAVES Long, narrow, deeply toothed. 



2. BOUNCING BET; SOAP WORT: Hedge 

 Pink: Bruisewort: Old Maid's Pink: Fuller's 

 Herb. Saponaria officinalis. 



Pink Family. June Sept. 



A plant 12 feet high, found in roadsides, 

 waste places. Adventive * from Europe. 

 Common, escaped from gardens. 

 FLOWERS Magenta-pink to white, divisions 5, but 

 often double, borne in terminal clusters. 

 LEAVES Opposite, toothless, 3 5-ribbed. Plant 

 stem stout, thick jointed. 



