146 WILD FLOWERS AND FRUITS 



23. Same as 22, but not 5 petals. 



CONRAD'S BROOM. CROWBERRY (Corema Conradii). 



Crowberry family. 



Max. ht. 2 ft.; branching shrub; flowers small, 

 purple, terminal; corolla none; stamens prominent; 

 leaves linear. Rocks and sand. Early spring. 



24. Leaves not opposite, upright plant, leaves (not from root only) 

 simple, flowers in spike. 



PURPLE FRINGED ORCHIS (Habenaria fimbriata) . Orchis 



family. 



Max. ht. 3 ft.; spike loosely flowered; flowers large, 

 light-purple, with long spurs, lip fringed; lower 

 leaves oval to lance-shaped, upper much smaller. 

 Wet meadows. Summer. 



25. Same as 24, but flowers in raceme. 



SEA ROCKET (Cakile Americana). Mustard family. 



Low plant; flowers small, ptirplish; petals 4; leaves 

 inversely lance-shaped, thick, toothed. Seaside. 

 Summer. 



26. Same as 24, but flowers not in cluster, spike, or raceme. 



DOG VIOLET (Viola canina). Violet family. 



Ht. several in. ; -flower of the violet; leaves heart-shaped, 

 or lowest kidney-formed, with wavy edges, upper 

 somewhat pointed. Sandy places. Spring, summer. 



BLACK CROWBERRY (Empetrum nigruwt). Crowberry 



family. 



Low, spreading shrub with slender stems; flowers 

 small, axillary, solitary, "purplish " (Britton & Brown) ; 

 3 sepals like petals; leaves linear, closely set. Rocky 

 ground. Summer. (See illustration, Black Fruit 6.) 



BURDOCK (Arctium Lappa). Composite family. 



Ht. 1-3 ft. ; spherical -flower-heads, consisting of green 

 bristles but with tubular light-purple florets; leaves 

 egg-heart-shaped. Waste ground. Summer, autumn. 



