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Fig. 246. (See No. 294.) 



Leaves narrow, scarcely notched at the base; flower cluster pinkish- 

 white, close, and finger-shaped. 



247. Alpine Bistort. Bistorta vivipara {Polygonum vivi- 

 parum.) (Polygonaceae.) An erect perennial herb, with basal 

 and stem leaves, the lower long-stalked, the upper almost 

 stalkless. Not over 10 in. high, usually half that. Leaves nar- 

 row, 1-8 in. long, smooth. Flowers pinkish white, in a long 

 stalked finger-shaped, close, cluster, without petals. Fruit 

 tiny, dry, slightly 3-angled. In bogs and mountain fell-fields. 

 Greenland and Labrador to Alaska, south to the summits of 

 the White Mountains, and of the Rockies. July. Fig. 247. 



248. Plants of various situations but not confined to high 

 alpine summits. (Nos. 249-303.) 



Plants of dry woods, roadsides, fields, or waste places (largely 



weeds) no. 267 



Plants of fresh water ditches, swamps or moist places 



no. 257 



Plants of salt marshes, sea beaches or sand dunes 



no. 249 



