BLUE AND PURPLE WILD FLOWERS 



achenes or seed cases are short, stout and flat, and 

 have long, feathery, pale yellow plumes by which they 

 are carried by the wind to find a favourable spot where 

 they may germinate and grow and increase their kind. 

 The leaves are mostly compound, and the three to 

 seven leaflets are oval and pointed, and their margins 

 are either entire or lobed. This plant is probably 

 found somewhat farther north and west. There are 

 about twenty odd species of Clematis occurring through 

 North America. 



ORPINE. LIVE-FOR-EVER. LIVE-LONG. 

 AARON'S ROD. MIDSUMMER-MEN 



Sedum purpureum. Orpine Family. 



This plant is probably better known to children as 

 the " Pudding-bag," than by any other name. The 

 thick, fleshy leaves are bruised in the mouth with the 

 tongue until the skin separates bag-like, and then, by 

 blowing in the open end they are inflated into so-called 

 balloons or pillows. Orpine was formerly employed 

 as a domestic remedy for healing wounds. The stout, 

 branching, very leafy, pale green stalk is smooth and 

 juicy, and grows from twelve to eighteen inches high. 

 The smooth, broadly oval, alternating leaf has a coarsely 

 toothed margin, and is thick and juicy. They are 

 supported by a stout midrib, and clasp the stalk with 

 an upward tilt. The purplish flower is small and has 

 ten stamens and five sharply pointed and spreading 

 petals. They are densely clustered in round terminal 

 groups. The plant is reserved, however, in its flowering 



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