Wild Flowers 387 



FLOWERS GREEN. 



1. Kmnigia Islandica, a mountain plant belonging 

 to the Polygonacese. It is smooth and succulent, and 

 of stunted growth. The stem is from | to 3 inches high, 

 either undivided or with straggling stalks. The leaves 

 lowest on the stem grow opposite each other, those 

 higher up are alternate, the highest of all almost 

 entirely surround the flowers ; all of them have short 

 stalks, are inversely egg-shaped, entire and thick. The 

 flowers are very small and green, and bloom from July 

 to September. 



FLOWERS WHITE. 



2. Dryas odopetcda, in Norwegian, Eeinblom, i.e. Pure 

 Flower. A mountain plant also found in Switzerland 

 and belonging to the Piosacese. It is easily distinguished 

 by its oval, roundly-toothed, deeply-furrowed leaves, 

 which spring from the root, and are of a shiny dark 

 green on the upper side and downy beneath. The 

 pretty shiny white flowers are usually the size of a 

 shilling, and have eight petals. The stamens and 

 pistils are yellow. It flowers in July and August. 



3. Eanuncuhis aconitifolius, in Norwegian, Hvid 

 Soleie, i.e. White Ranunculus. The upright stem is from 

 1 to 4 feet high; it is round, smooth, and branched at the 

 top. The leaves are shiny and veined, either entirely 

 smooth or somewhat hairy at the margins. Those from 

 the root have long stalks, are palmate and divided into 

 from 5 to 7 segments ; those from the stem have short 

 stalks, and are less deeply divided ; those from the 

 flowers are narrow and entire. There are numerous 



