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Petals and sepals both present; not swamp or water plants. 



Plant 3-5 ft. high ; leaves 4-10 in. wide 



Indian Mallow no. 330 



Plants not over V/z ft. high 

 Plants prostrate hugging the ground 



Leaves clustered at the ends of the branches 



Pussley no. 331 



Leaves crowded along the sides of the branches 



Wall-pepper no. 332 



Plants not prostrate ; erect or sprawling 



Leaves thistle-like, spiny Prickly Poppy no. 333 



Leaves wholly without teeth or spines 



Flowers ^-i in. across Frostweed no. 334 



Flowers less than ^ in. wide Yellow Flax no. 335 



329. Marsh Marigold. CaltJia palitstris. (Ranunciilaceae.) 

 A stout, smooth, hollow-stemmed sprawling herb 1-2 ft. long, 

 with round deeply heart-shaped leaves, and yellow butter- 

 cup like flowers. Leaves stout-stalked, 2-7 in. wide, bright 

 green, the margins finely toothed or toothless. Petals none. 

 Sepals 5, petal-like, and yellow. In swamps or open water. 

 Newfoundland to So. Carolina, and westward. May. Fig. 



329. See No. 349 



330. Indian Mallow, Ahiitilon Ahutilon. {A. Theophrasti.) 

 {Malvaceae.) A coarse erect herb, 3-5 ft. tall with a branched 

 hairy stem and large stalked velvety leaves, 4-10 in. wide. 

 Leaves broadly oval, al^ruptly pointed at the tip and deeply 

 heart-shaped at the base, practically without teeth. Flowers 

 solitary at leaf insertions, yellow, about ^ in. across, without 

 a row of bracts beneath the calyx. September. Throughout 

 North America as a weed. Native of Asia. For related plants 

 and a description of the Mallow Family see Nos. 321-327. 



331. Pussley. Pursl/\ne. Portulaca olcracca. (Portiilaca- 

 ccae.) A prostrate fleshy weed, usually much branched, and 

 hugging the ground. Leaves, alternate, but clustered towards 

 the end of naked branchlets, without teeth, wedge-shaped, 

 ^— )4 in. long, rounded at the tip. Flowers solitary, nestled 

 in the terminal leaf-cluster, yellow, scarcely yi in. across, 

 opening only on sunny mornings. Petals 5, flat or slightly 

 notched at the tip. August. Cosmopolitan in waste places, 

 especially in cultivated land. Apparently native. Fig. 331. 

 See No. 315. 



