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WILD FLOWERS AND FRUITS 



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



or few, not with 5 petals, growing in mud. 



MUD WORT (Limosella tenuijolia). Figwort family. 



Max. ht. i ft.; flowers small on slender stalks; 

 corolla bell-shaped, $-cleft; leaves linear, longer than 

 flower stalks. 



GOLDTHREAD (Coptis trifolia). Crowfoot family. 



Ht. few in.; sepals 5-7, petal-like; petals 5-6, 

 leaves shiny, leaflets (3) sharply toothed. Bogs. 

 Spring, summer. 



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



or few, not with 5 petals, not growing in mud. 



TWIN-LEAF (Jeffersonia diphylla). Barberry family. 

 Av. ht. i ft.; flower i in. on long leafless stem, 8 

 petals, 4 sepals; root-leaves with long stalks, 

 divided into 2 leaflets. Early spring. 



Fig. 36. 



Twin-leaf (Jeffersonia diphylla) . Petals wanting in dried specimen. 



BLOOD-ROOT (Sanguinaria Canadensis). Poppy family. 

 Low plant; flower i in. or more across; petals 

 8-12, long, pointed; stamens numerous; leaf 

 kidney -shaped, lobed, -J-i ft. across. Rich woods. 

 Early spring. 



