126 WILD FLOWERS AND FRUITS 



POLYGALA POLYGAMA. Milkwort family. 



Ht. abt. 8 in.; many stems, many leaves, loose 

 racemes at end of stems; sepals 5, petals 3, lower 

 keel-shaped ; leaves inversely lance-shaped to oblong. 

 Sandy places. Summer. 



SAND KNOTWEED (Polygonella articulatd). Buckwheat 



family. 



Ht. under i ft.; branching; flowers small, pendu- 

 lous, in delicate raceme on jointed stalks; 5 divis- 

 ions of calyx, resembling petals; no corolla; 

 stamens 8 ; styles 3 ; leaves linear. Dry ground. 

 Late summer and early autumn. 



See also DUTCHMAN'S BREECHES (White 24). 



18. Same as 17, but plant over 1 ft. 



FIRE- WEED (Epilobium angustifolium) . Evening Prim- 

 rose family. 



Ht. 2 to 6 ft. or over; flowers large in showy raceme; 

 petals 4 ; stamens 8 ; stigma 4-divided ; leaves almost 

 without stems, resembling willow leaves, edges 

 almost smooth; pod linear. Low ground, especially 

 recently burnt over. Early summer, autumn. 



TICK-TREFOIL (Desmodium Canadense). Pulse family. 

 Ht. i -several ft. ; stem hairy; flowers papilionaceous, 

 showy (about J in. long), in raceme; calyx 2- 

 lipped; leaves with 3 leaflets, leaflets lance-shaped 

 to oblong, blunt ; pods jointed, 23 in. long. Woods. 

 Summer. 



TICK-TREFOIL (Desmodium nudiflorum). Pulse family. 

 Ht. of leafless flowering stem about 2 ft.; flowers 

 similar to above but smaller in long raceme ; leaves 

 crowded at top of separate stem, leaflets, (3) broadly egg- 

 shaped, whitish beneath. Woods. Common. Summer. 



TICK-TREFOIL (Desmodium acuminatum). Pulse family. 

 Similar to above, but leaves all crowded at the end 

 of the stem from which arises the long raceme; leaves 

 broadly egg-shaped, pointed, unless a rounded end 

 one. Early summer-autumn. 



