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not scarlet Lousewort no. 627 



Stem leaves not cut ; toothed or not 



Cardinal-flower and Lobelias no. 628 



624. Virginia Snakeroot. Arisiolochia Serpentaria. (Aris- 

 tolochiaccae.) A hairy woods perennial, 1-3 ft. high with 

 aromatic roots. Leaves alternate, stalked, heart-shaped at 

 the base, oval or lance-shaped, pointed at the tip, 2-4 in. 

 long. Flowers solitary on a scaly stalk arising from the 

 ground. Petals none, but the united sepals (calyx) greenish- 

 purple and corolla-like, bent S-shaped, about 2 in. long. Conn, 

 to Florida, and southward. June. Fig. 624. See also No 800. 



625. Blue-weed. Viper's Bugloss. Echiiim vulgar e. {Borag- 

 inaceae.) A biennial European weed, 1-2 ft. high, covered 

 with bristly hairs. Leaves oblong or oblong-linear, 2-6 in 

 long, toothless, alternate, essentially stalkless. Flowers ir- 

 regular and unsymmetrical, but not 2-lipped, about i in. 

 long, in terminal i -sided clusters, blue, but the buds pink. 

 In fields and waste places. Nova Scotia to No. Carolina, and 

 westward. July. Fig. 625. For other plants in this family 

 see No. 635. 



626. Painted-cup. Castilleja coccinca (Scrophidariaccac.) A 

 brilliantly colored soft-hairy, parasitic annual or biennial, 1-2 

 ft. high, and usually unbranched. Basal leaves oblong lance- 

 shaped, parallel-veined, 1-3 in. long. Stem leaves alternate, 

 deeply cut into 3 wedge-shaped lobes, growing smaller to- 



