WHITE 



ENCHANTER'S NIGHTSHADE. 



Circtza Lutetiana. Evening Primrose Family. 



Stem. One or two feet high. Leaves. Opposite, thin, ovate, slightly 

 toothed. Flowers. Dull white, small, growing in a raceme. Calyx. Two- 

 lobed. Corolla. Of two petals. Stamens. Two. Pistil. One. 



This insignificant and ordinarily uninteresting plant arrests 

 attention by the frequency with which it is found flowering in 

 the summer woods and along shady roadsides. 



C. Alpina is a smaller, less common species, which is found 

 along the mountains and in deep woods. Both species are bur- 

 dened with the singularly inappropriate name of enchanter's 

 nightshade. There is nothing in their appearance to suggest an 

 enchanter or any of the nightshades. It seems, however, that 

 the name of a plant called after the enchantress Circe, and de- 

 scribed by Dioscorides nearly two thousand years ago, was acci- 

 dentally transferred to this unpretentious genus. 



THIMBLE-WEED. 



Anemone Virginiana. Crowfoot Family. 



Stem. Two or three feet high. Leaves. Twice or thrice cleft, the di- 

 visions again toothed or cleft. Flowers. Greenish or sometimes white, 

 borne on long, upright flower-stalks. Calyx. Of five sepals. Corolla. 

 None. Stamens and Pistils. Indefinite in number. 



These greenish flowers, which may be found in the woods and 

 meadows throughout the summer, are only striking by reason of 

 their long, erect flower-stalks. The oblong, thimble-like fruit- 

 head, which is rather noticeable in the later year, gives to the 

 plant its common name. 



CLEAVERS. GOOSE-GRASS. BEDSTRAW. 



Galium Aparine. Madder Family. 



Stem. Weak and reclining, bristly. Leaves. Lance-shaped, about 

 eight in a whorl. Flowers. White, small, growing from the axils of the 

 leaves. Calyx-teeth. Obsolete. Corolla. Usually four-parted, wheel- 

 shaped. Stamens. Usually four. Pistil. One with two styles. Fruit. 

 Globular, bristly, with hooked prickles. 



This plant may be found in wooded or shady places through- 

 out the continent. Its flowers, which appear in summer, are 



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