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Plants mostly erect, if low not woody; leaves not evergreen 



Leaves compound no. 664 



Leaves not compound 



Flowers blue, lilac, or bluish-white Bellflower no. 658 



Flowers yellow, yellowish-white, or white 

 Plants i^^-4 ft. high 

 Flowers in terminal spikes or racemes. .Mullein no. 655 



Flowers not in terminal spikes or racemes 



Potato Family no. 650 



Plants 6-12 in. high ; flowers pure white 

 Leaves oblong; in dry places. .Bastard Toad-flax no. 648 



Leaves oval; in wet places, often in salt marshes 



Water Pimpernel no. 649 



648. Bastard Toaf-flax. Comandra umhcllata. (Santala- 

 ccac.) An erect, wiry, usually branched herb, 6-12 in. high, 

 with alternate, oblong, stalkless, toothless, bright green leaves, 

 Yi-iyi in. long. Flowers white in terminal bunched clusters. 

 Petals none, but the sepals united, petal-like. Fruit small, dry, 

 crowned by the withered but persistent flower. In dry sandy 

 places. Nova Scotia and Ontario to Georgia, and westward. 

 June. Fig. 648. The plant is partially or wholly parasitic. 

 There are two other closely related species, C. pallida with 

 pale bluish-green foliage, and C. livida, which is usually un- 

 branched. 



649. Water Pimpernel. Samolus floribundiis. {Primula- 

 ceac.) An erect, mostly branched, smooth herb 6-12 in. high. 

 Leaves oval, obviously stalked, toothless, 1-3 in. long, about 

 half as wide. Flowers about y% in. wide, white, in rather 



