io8 PLANTS GROWING IN MOIST SOIL. 



SMALLER ST. JOHN'S-WORT. 



Hypericum elUpticutn. 



FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



St-John's-wort. Pale yellow . Scentless. Mostly north and west. Midsummer. 



Flinvers : not many ; growing in a cyme. Calyx : of five sepals. Corolla : 

 of five petals. Stamens : numerous. Pistil : one. Leaves : elliptical ; clasp- 

 ing at the base; thin. Slem : simple, not very high. 



Hypericum miitilum. 

 Is another of the smaller St. John's-worts which is found 

 everywhere in low, moist ground. It is especially to be noticed 

 because of its stamens, from five to twelve, being so much 

 fewer than those of other members of the genus. H. adpressum 

 and H. maculatum are also varieties that thrive best in moist 

 soil. H. prolificum, Plate CXXIII. 



WHITE-FLOWERED SIDALCEA. (Plate L.) 



Siddlcea Candida. 



FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



Mallo7u. White or cream. Scentless. Colorado southward. Summer and early 



autumn. 



Flowers: growing in a terminal raceme. Calyx: of five ovate sepals; 

 bristly on the outside. Corolla: of five obcordate petals. Stamens: numer- 

 ous, capitate at the top of the style. Style and ovary bristly on the outside. 

 Fruit: flat, depressed. Leaves: alternate ; the upper leaves three, five, or 

 seven-parted, with entire, lanceolate segments ; the lower ones seven-parted, 

 with segments coarsely three and five toothed. Stem : erect. 



Following the water-courses in the southern and Rocky 

 mountains we find this pretty member of the mallow family. 

 Its numerous stamens uniting into a tube serve readily to place 

 it, although it is without the involucre that is commonly as- 

 sociated with this family. 



BLUE=EYED HARY. INNOCENCE. 



Colli?isia verna. 



FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



Figwort. Blue and white. Scentless. Western New York southward Early spring. 



and westward. 



Floivers : growing on long slender peduncles that are whorled in the axils 

 of the upper leaves. Calyx : five-cleft. Corolla : tubular ; deeply two-lipped ; 



