PINK AND ROSE-COLORED FLOWERS 121 



SQUARE-STEMMED SABBATIA (Sabbatia angularis). Pink 



family. 



Max. ht. 3 ft.; stem ^-angled, flowers similar to 

 above; leaves broader and clasping. Rich ground. 

 Summer. New York. 



See also WILD BERGAMOT (Purple 2). 



II. LEAVES WHORLED. 

 12. Leaves whorled, flowers all terminal. 



FOUR-LEAVED MILKWEED (Asclepias quadrifolia) . Milk- 

 weed family. 



Ht. 1-2 ft.; flowers in several umbels; corolla 5- 

 parted, divisions bent down, above them a crown 

 (corona) of upright "hoods"; leaves in middle 

 four in whorl, above and below (2) opposite. Woods. 

 Spring, summer. 



MARSH MILKWORT (Polygala cruciata). Milkwort 



family. 



Max. ht. 10 in.; branches opposite; sterna-angled; 

 flowers in short spikes ; petals 3 , middle keel-shaped ; 

 leaves generally in fours, linear to inversely lance- 

 shaped. Swamps. Summer, autumn. 



JOE PYE WEED. TRUMPET-WEED (Eupatorium purpu- 



reum). Composite family. 



Ht. 28 ft. or over; stout; stem spotted; flower- 

 heads in flat-topped clusters (corymbs) at top ; leaves 

 36 in whorl, oblong, lance-shaped, coarse, and 

 toothed. Low ground. Common. End of summer. 



See also PURPLE LOOSESTRIFE (4). 



13. Leaves whorled, flowers lateral. 



SHEEP-LAUREL (Kalmia angustifolia) . Heath family. 

 Max. ht. 3 ft.; shrub; flowers clustered at side of 

 stem; corolla saucer-shaped, 5 -robed, stamens (10) 



