114 WILD FLOWERS AND FRUITS 



corolla 5 -parted, divisions of corolla bent down- 

 ward, and above them a crown (corona) of upright 

 "hoods"; leaves oval to oblong (several in. long), 

 pale, short-stalked. Rich ground. Summer. 



PURPLE MILKWEED (Asclepias purpurascens) . Milkweed 



family. 



Max. lit. 4 ft.; stem stout; flowers similar to 

 above; leaves egg-shaped to oblong, downy beneath, 

 short-stalked. Dry ground. Early summer. 



SWAMP MILKWEED (Asclepias incarnata). Milkweed 



family. 



Max. ht. 4 ft.; flowers similar to above; leaves 

 oblong to lance-shaped, acutely pointed. Swamps. 

 Common. Summer. (See Colored Plate I). 



3. Leaves opposite, stem hairy or downy, not with 2-lipped 

 corolla, flowers not in umbel, 4 petals. 



MEADOW BEAUTY (Rhexia Virginicd) . Malastoma family. 

 Ht. i ft. or over; stem 4-sided; large, showy flowers; 

 calyx urn-shaped, 4-pointed; petals 4, stamens 8; 

 leaves lance-shaped without stalks, toothed, pointed. 

 Fields and marshes. Summer. (See Colored Plate I) . 



See also PURPLE-LEAVED WILLOW-HERB (n). 



4. Same as 3, but 6 petals. 



PURPLE LOOSESTRIFE (Lythrum Salicaria). Loosestrife 



family. 



Max. ht. 3 ft.; downy, slender; flowers large, 

 closely whorled in spike ; petals generally 6 ; leaves 

 mostly without stalks, lance-shaped, sometimes in 

 whorls of 3. Swamps, etc. Early summer. 



WAX- WEED (Cuphea viscosissima} . Loosestrife family. 

 Max. ht. i \ ft.; gummy; flowers solitary or ra- 

 cemed, on stalks; calyx somewhat inflated and with 

 spur, 6 teeth; petals 6, unequal, with short stalks; 

 leaves egg-shaped to lance-shaped. Fields. Sum- 

 mer, autumn. Rhode Island, West and South. 



