A GUIDE TO THE WILD FLOWERS 



Flowers purple; a tall plant of sandy woods, often following 

 a fire Fireweed no. 379 



Flowers greenish, without petals ; a marsh plant 



False Loosestrife no. 380 



378. Sea Rocket. Cakile edcntiila. {Criiciferae.) A fleshy 

 brittle plant of sea beaches, not over i ft. tall. Leaves more 

 or less oblong, shallowly toothed, narrowed towards the base, 

 3-4 in. long-. Flowers about 34 i^i- across, purple, the 4 pet- 

 als oblong. Pods about ^ in. long. Newfoundland to Flor- 

 ida, and along shores of the Great Lakes. August. See. No. 



383. 



379. Fireweed. Chamaenerion angustifolium. (Epilobium 

 angnstifoUum.) (Onagraceae.) Often called Willow-herb. A 

 stout herb, 2-6 ft. tall, with alternate lance-shaped almost 

 stalkless leaves, that are usually 3-5 in. long. Flowers purple, 

 in a long, terminal raceme. Fruit a pod about 23^ in. long. 

 In dry places, especially after a forest fire. Greenland to No. 

 Carolina, and westward. Also in Europe and Asia. July- 

 Sept. Fig. 379. (See Nos. 407-409, 434, 445-) 



380. False Loosestrife. Liidzvigia sphaerocarpa. {Onagra- 

 ceae.) An erect marsh plant usually branched, and not over 

 3 ft. high. Leaves alternate, lance-shaped, pointed both ends, 

 stalkless, and about 3 in. long. Flowers solitary at the upper 

 leaf -joints, greenish, without petals, about ]/% in. wide, stalk- 

 less. Sepals 4, united below. In wet places. Mass. to N. Y. 

 and Florida, and along the Gulf to Louisiana. August. See 

 Nos. 407-409, 434, 445. ^ y ,<. 



