110 WILD FLOWERS AND FRUITS 



6. Leaves otherwise than opposite or whorled, stems not hairy. 



WILD COLUMBINE (Aquilegia Canadensis) . Crowfoot fam. 

 Ht. 1-2 ft.; branched, with large and showy 

 flowers ending the branches; sepals 5, resembling 

 petals; petals 5, yellow inside with short tip pro- 

 longed into long hollow spurs ; pistils 5 ; leaves 2-3 

 times compound. Rocks. Common. Early spring, 

 summer. 



SHEEP SORREL (Rumex Acetosella) . Buckwheat family. 

 A weed with small flowers in long slender spikes; 

 leaves halberd-shaped. A common weed in fields. 

 Spring-autumn . 



PITCHER-PLANT (Sarracenia purpurea). Pitcher-plant 



family. 



Ht. abt. i ft. ; leafless stem bearing one large nodding 

 flower; sepals 5; petals 5, bent over inwards; 

 leaves hollow, pitcher-shaped, from base only. 

 Bogs. Early summer. (See Colored Plate I). 



CARDINAL-FLOWER (Lobelia cardinalis). Lobelia family. 

 Max. ht. 4 ft. ; flowers axillary or in long, terminal 

 raceme; calyx 5-cleft with short tube; corolla 

 2-lipped; leaves oblong to lance-shaped, slightly 

 toothed. Low ground. Common. Summer. 



