72 WILD FLOWERS AND FRUITS 



WATER PLANTAIN (Alisma Plantagd). Water-plantain 



family. 



Av. ht. 2 ft.; flowers small; petals 3; leaves long- 

 stalked, egg-shaped, pointed. Wet places or 

 shallow water. Early summer. 

 STAR OF BETHLEHEM (Ornithogalum nmbellatum). Lily 



family. 



Ht. i ft. or under; flowers in terminal cluster on 

 rather long stalks; petals 6, long; leaves linear. 

 Fields, etc. Mass. South and West. 



27. Leaves from root only, land plant, flowers apparently solitary 



or few, petals 5, flower violet-shaped. 



SWEET WHITE VIOLET (Viola blanda). Violet family. 

 Ht. few in.; flowers sweet-scented; lower markedly 

 veined; leaves round, heart-shaped or kidney- 

 shaped. Damp places. Early spring. 



LANCE-LEAVED VIOLET (Viola lanceolatd) . Violet family. 

 Ht. few in.; leaves not toothed, lance-shaped. 

 Damp soil. Early spring-early summer. 



28. Leaves from root only, land plant, flowers apparently solitary 



or few, petals 5, flowers not violet-shaped. 



WOOD SORREL (Oxalis Acetoselld). Geranium family. 

 Ht. few in. ; petals white with pink veins, some- 

 times notched; leaves with three leaflets, inversely 

 heart-shaped, drooping at night. Deep woods. 

 Spring, summer. 



ONE-FLOWERED PYROLA (Moneses grandiflora). Heath 



family. 



Ht. few in.; flower wax-like with broad rounded 

 petals; style long 'and straight; leaves with teeth. 

 Woods. Early summer. 



DALIBARDA REPENS. Rose family. 



Low plant; flowers nearly J in. across; calyx 

 deeply 5-6 parted; stamens many; leaves heart- 

 shaped, with rounded teeth, on slender stalks. 

 Woods. Early summer. 



