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Onagraceae 



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Chamaener- 

 ion angusti- 

 folium (L.) 

 Scop. 

 Great 

 Willow- 

 herb, Fire- 

 weed. 



Erect, stout, simple or branched, 

 usually smooth, 2-8 feet high. 

 Leaves numerous, alternate, very 

 short petioled, lanceolate, entire 

 or denticulate, 2-6 inches long, 

 J-i inch wide, pale beneath, thin, 

 acute at the apex, the lateral veins 

 confluent in marginal loops. Flowers f-ij 

 inches broad, reddish- purple, in elongated ter- 

 minal spike-like racemes, 1-2 feet or more long. 

 An abundant plant throughout the entire 

 region on open mountain sides and banks, 

 especially where visited by fire, flow r ering 

 throughout the summer, the air being filled 

 with the white cottony seeds a few weeks 

 after flowering commences. 



Chamaener- 

 ion lati- 

 folium (L.) 

 Sweet. 

 Broad- 

 leaved 

 Willow- 

 herb. 



Erect, usually branching, very 

 smooth below, 6-18 inches high. 

 Leaves mostly sessile, 1-2 inches 

 long, J-J an inch wide, denticu- 

 late or entire, lanceolate or 

 ovate-lanceolate, acutish at both 

 ends, thick, those of the branches 



