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III. LEAVES NOT OPPOSITE OR WHORLED. 

 5. Leaves otherwise than opposite or whorled, stems hairy. 



RED CLOVER (Trifolium pratense). Pulse family. 



Max. ht. 2 ft.; hairy; flowers papilionaceous in 

 globular or egg-shaped head at end of long stalk; 

 leaflets (3) soft, inversely egg-shaped, sometimes 

 notched at end and with pale spot above. Open 

 places. Spring-autumn. 



PAINTED-CUP (Castelleja coccined). Figwort family. 



Max. ht. i ft.; hairy; flowers small, yellow; corolla 

 2 -lipped; root-leaves mostly without teeth, oblong; 

 stem-leaves deeply cut, leaves scarlet at top. Low 

 ground. Spring, summer. 



DEVIL'S PAINT-BRUSH (Hieracium aurantiacum) . Com- 

 posite family. 



Low plant, heads small, clustered; flowers strap- 

 shaped; leaves all near base of plant. Roadsides 

 and fields. Summer and early autumn. 



HOUND'S -TONGUE (Cynoglossum officinale). Borage 



family. 



Max. ht. 4 ft.; coarse herb, strong scented; flowers 

 in racemes; calyx 5 -parted; corolla salver-form, 5- 

 lobed; leaves, upper without stalks, lower with 

 stalks. Waste ground. All summer. 



BUTTERFLY -WEED (Asdepias tuberosa). Milkweed 



family. 



Max. ht. 2 ft.; leafy, branched at top and bearing 

 many-flowered umbels at top; corolla with 5 di- 

 visions bent downward; above the corolla a crown 

 (corona) of 5 upright "hoods" of deep-orange 

 color; leaves linear to lance-shaped, almost with- 

 out stalks. Dry fields. All summer. 



