RED FLOWERS 



I. LEAVES OPPOSITE. 

 1. Leaves opposite, plant upright. 



PIMPERNEL. POOR MAN'S WEATHER-GLASS (Anagallis 



arvensis). Primrose family. 



Low plant; flowers solitary on axillary stalks; 

 calyx and corolla 5-parted; stamens 5; leaves 

 inversely egg-shaped without stalks. Fields. Early 

 summer. 



OSWEGO TEA. BEE-BALM (Monarda didyma). Mint fam. 

 Ht. abt. 2 ft., hairy, stem square; flowers in ter- 

 minal head; calyx 5-toothed; corolla 2 in. long, 2- 

 lipped, upper lip erect, lower 3-lobed; stamens 

 long; leaves egg-shaped to lance-shaped, pointed, 

 sharply toothed, with stalks. Woods. Summer. 

 (See Colored Plate I). 



Fig. 55. 



Oswego tea (Monarda didyma). 



HEDGE NETTLE (Stachys palustris}. Mint family. 



Max. ht. 3 ft.; flowers in interrupted spikes, 2- 

 lipped, lower lip 3-lobed; leaves with rounded teeth, 

 lower with short stems. Moist places. Summer. 

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