128 WILD FLOWERS AND FRUITS 



20. Leaves otherwise than opposite or whorled, upright herb, 

 flowers (not composite) in cluster, leaves simple. 



CALOPOGON PULCHELLUS. Orchis family. 



Ht. abt. i ft.; flowers several, in terminal cluster; 

 lip bearded near broadened top; single leaf linear, 

 springing from base. Bogs. Early summer. 



ROSE MALLOW (Hibiscus Moscheutos). Mallow family. 

 Ht. 6 ft. or over, stout; flowers large, clustered at end 

 of stems; sepals 5 ; petals 5 ; leaves pointed, toothed, 

 lower lobed, upper lance-shaped to oblong. Marshes 

 near coast and waste places on shores. Late summer. 



21. Same as 20, but leaves compound. 



PALE CORYDALIS (Corydalis glauca). Fumitory family. 

 Max. ht. 2 ft., branching; flowers loosely clustered, 

 pink with yellow tips; sepals 2 ; corolla with spur; 

 2 pairs of petals; leaflets delicate, their final divis- 

 ions round-wedge-shaped. Rocky places. Early 

 spring to autumn. 



BUSH CLOVER (Lespedeza reticulata). Pulse family. 



Av. ht. 2 ft. ; stout, erect, very leafy ; flowers small, 

 papilionaceous, clustered on short stalks in axils; 

 leaflets (3) thick, linear to oblong, finely hairy. 

 Summer and autumn. 



22. Leaves otherwise than opposite or whorled, upright herb, 

 flowers in head. 



ALSATIAN CLOVER (Trifolium hybridum). Pulse family. 

 Max. ht. 2 ft. ; flowers rose-pink, in spherical heads 

 on long stalks, papilionaceous, becoming bent back 

 and separate; leaves inversely egg-shaped. Waste 

 places. Spring-autumn. 



MILKWORT (Polygala sanguined). Milkwort family. 



Ht. under i ft. ; heads spherical to oblong, densely 

 covered with small flowers ; sepals 5 ; petals 3 , 

 lowest keel-shaped; leaves simple, not toothed, 

 linear to oblong. Sandy and damp ground. Early 

 summer-autumn . 



