PINK AND RED GROUP 



sessile, scattered on the stem. J to 2 feet long. August to Oc- 

 tober. 



These pretty ilowers color the fields of New Jersey, Long 

 Island, and all the Eastern States westward as far as Illinois 

 with bright crimson interspersed with slender, grass-like 

 leaves. They can be seen in their season from the rail 

 cars in great profusion. The flowers appear on long, slender, 

 dark-colored stems. The corolla is often spotted. The root 

 is probably parasitic, as the plant turns black in drying. 

 (See illustration, p. 290.) 



G. parvifblia. — Color, bright pink. Corolla- lobes, spreading. 

 Stem, slender, 6 to 18 inches high. Leaves, linear, awl-shape, very 

 small above, scattered. A small, slender species with bright 

 flowers. August to October. 



Sandy soil, near the coast, Massachusetts to Florida and 

 Louisiana. 



Mudwort 



Limosella aquatica, var. tenuifblia. — Family, Figwort. Color, 

 white or pink. (See White Flowers, p. 125.) 



Scarlet Painted Cup. Indian Paint Brush 

 Castitteja coccinea, — Family, Figwort. Color of inconspicuous 

 flowers, scarcely seen, yellow; of the conspicuous floral leaves, 

 red. Leaves, the lower, deeply, irregularly cut into narrow divi- 

 sions; upper and floral, less deeply; root-leaves nearly entire, 

 clustered. This flower is neither scarlet nor a cup. Pulling aside 

 the brilliant leaves, we find hidden among them a small, yellow 

 blossom, with a calyx of 2 divisions, each 3-cleft ; a corolla, tubular, 

 2-lipped, the upper lip long and narrow inclosing 4 stamens', the 

 lower lip 3-lobed, short. Flowers, in a short spike. Summer. 



Often the moist, sandy fields are reddened in large patches 

 with this singular plant, which dyes its floral leaves a color 

 to rival the cardinal-flower in intensity. Stem, hairy, 1 foot 

 high. Massachusetts to Virginia, southward to Texas. 



Lopseed 

 Phryma Leptostachya. — Family, Lopseed. Color, deep rose. 

 Leaves, 3 to 5 inches long, thin, ovate, pointed, coarsely toothed, 

 the lower on long petioles. A plant 1 to 3 feet high, with 2-lipped 

 calyx and corolla. There are 3 bristly teeth on the upper lobe 

 of the calyx, hooked at the tip. The corolla has 3 large lol 1 

 its lower lip. Fruit, a single seed, around which the calyx in- 

 folds itself. Small flowers, in pairs, are arranged in long spikes 



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