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WILD FLOWERS AND FRUITS 



GREAT HAIRY WILLOW-HERB (Epilobium hirsutum). 



Evening Primrose family. 



Av. ht. 3 or 4 ft.; stout, branching; flowers small 

 in upper axils (or in short leafy racemes), each 

 flower on long calyx which becomes a pod; petals 

 4; stamens 8; leaves partly opposite, lance-shaped 

 to oblong without stalks, with teeth. Waste ground. 

 Early summer-autumn. 



Fig. 65. 



Arethusa (Arethusa bulbosa). 



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



flowers not in spike, raceme, cluster, or head, 



flowers large, plant not over 1 ft. 



CALYPSO (Calypso borealis). Orchis family. 



Ht. abt. 4 in.; flower solitary, large and showy lip 

 somewhat like Lady's Slipper; leaf single, sheathing 

 the flowering stalk. Bogs and damp woods. Spring. 



PINK LADY'S SLIPPER (Cypripedium acaule). Orchis 



family. 



Ht. abt. 10 in. ; flower solitary ; sepals 3, pointed, lip 

 a pendulous pouch ; leaves (2) from base only, oblong, 

 large, sheathing at base. Spring, early summer. 



