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THE BUCKEYE FAMILY, 



A. Hippocdstamun, horse chestnut, the symmetrical and beautiful tree so 

 much seen in cultivation and bearing upright exquisite bunches of flowers and 

 spiny fruit, is not a native of this country, but has been introduced from 

 Europe. 





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Buckeyes near Grandfather Mountain. 



THE JEWEL=WEED FAfllLY, 



Bills aininacecB. 



JEWEL=WEED. TOUCH=nE=NOT. SILVER=LEAF. 



hnpaticns bifibra. 



Flowers: nodding from thread-like, axillary pedicels, bracted about the middle. 

 Calyx : with three unequal sepals, the large petal-like one extending backward 

 into a sac which tapers into a little spur. Corolla : with two of the jjetals cleft 

 into dissimilar lobes. Stamens: five, cohering about the ovary. Pistil : one. 

 Pods: bursting elastically to release the seeds. Leaves: simple; alternate, with 



