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5. Same as 3, but otherwise than 4 or 6 petals. 



HERB ROBERT (Geranium Robertianuni) . Geranium fam. 

 Max. ht. ij ft.; hairy, strong - scented ; sterns 

 branching; 1-3 small flowers on stalk; sepals 5; 

 petals 5; leaves palmately ^-divided, sometimes 

 5 -divided, the divisions irregularly cut. Woods 

 and shady places. Spring, autumn. 



DEPTFORD PINK (Dianthus Armeria). Pink family. 



Max. ht. 1^ ft.; flowers small, terminal; petals 5; 

 leaves long and slender, hairy. Fields and side of 

 road. Summer. 



WILD PINK (Silene Pennsylvania}. Pink family. 



Ht. several in.; flowers in clusters; petals 5, 

 wedge-shaped; stem-leaves lance-shaped; basal 

 leaves spoon-shaped, with hairy stalks. Dry ground. 

 Spring and early summer. 



Moss PINK (Phlox subulatd}. Polemonium family. 



In broad mats ; few-flowered clusters at end of stems; 

 calyx teeth fine, stiff; corolla salver-formed with long 

 tube, lobes generally notched; leaves lance-shaped or 

 linear, closely set. Dry hills. Spring. New York, 

 South and West. 



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Twin- flower (Linnaea borealis). 



TWIN-FLOWER (Linnaea borealis}. Honeysuckle family. 

 Delicate, prostrate; flowers (fragrant) 2 together 

 on branches of slender stalk; corolla bell-shaped, 



