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reddish, and with the flower stalks not hairy. Petals almost 

 round, all the same size. Foliage bluish-green. Summer. 

 Moist sand or clay. Ohio to Minn., Florida and Texas. Fig. 



55. 



56. Flowers not blue, of various other colors. (Nos. 57-132.) 



Twining vines no. 130 



Plants not twining 

 Flowers i, or few, or many, always terminal, often in showy 



clusters much overtopping the leaves no. 63 



Flowers solitary or few, usually on a leafy stem, never in 

 terminal clusters 

 Leaves reduced to scales ; foliage 



feathery Asparagus no. 99 



Leaves normal 



Petals separate; leaves broad or stems-clasping at the 



base Twisted Stalks no. 57 



Petals united to form a tubular flower ; leaves narrowed 

 at the base Solomon's Seal no. 60 



57. TWISTED STALKS. STREPTOPUS. 



Alternate-leaved, branching herbs with greenish or pur- 

 plish flowers. Leaves stem-clasping, or with a broad base, 

 many-veined. Flowers one or two together, on slender bent 

 stalks, between or near the leaf bases. Petals separate, at 

 least towards the recurved tips. Fruit a red berry. {ConvaU 

 lariaccac.) 



Leaves stem-clasping, bluish-green; flowers greenish-white. 

 58. Twisted Stalk. Strcptopus ample xifolius. From 1-3 ft. 

 high, the stems apparently somewhat twisted. Leaves 2-43/2 

 in. long, acute at the tip, stem-clasping and heart shai>ed at 

 the base. Flower stalks 1-2 in. long, 1-2 flowered. Flowers 

 scarcely 3/2 in. long, the berry about the same size. June. 

 In rich woods. Greenland to Alaska, south to No. Carolina, 

 Ohio, Michigan and New Mexico, mostly in the mountains. 



I'^ig. 58. 



Leaves merely broad at the base, not stem-clasping, green; flowers 



purplish. 



