BUCK-BEAN FAMILY. Menyanthaceae. 



branches, and though not conspicuous are delicate and 

 pretty. The pods are from two to seven inches long. This 

 is widely scattered in fields and open woods, occurring in a 

 variety of forms, and common in the East. 



BUCK-BEAN FAMILY. Menyanthaceae. 



A small family, widely distributed; perennial herbs, with 

 creeping rootstocks, growing in water or marshes; the 

 leaves smooth, alternate, or from the root; the flowers 

 perfect, regular, in clusters; the calyx five-lobed; the 

 corolla more or less funnel-form with five lobes or teeth; 

 the stamens five, on the corolla and alternate with its 

 lobes; the ovary superior, or partly so, with one cell; the 

 fruit usually an oval capsule, with a few flattish, smooth 

 seeds. 



This is the only kind, a handsome plant, 

 Menydnihes eight or ten inches tall, with a stout. 



trijoiibta yellowish-green stem and rich green 



White leaves, with long, sheathing leaf-stalks 



Spring, summer and three leaflets w ; th toothless or some- 

 Northwest , 



what scalloped edges. The flowers are 



about half an inch long, with a white corolla, tinged with 

 pink or lilac, the spreading lobes covered with white hairs, 

 with black and yellow, swinging anthers and a green pistil, 

 with a two-lipped stigma. There are from ten to twenty 

 flowers in each cluster and the effect is charming, suggest- 

 ing a bunch of little fringed lilies. This grows in northern 

 bogs across the continent and also in Europe and Asia. 

 It used to be found around San Francisco, but is now 

 extinct. 



MORNING-GLORY FAMILY. Convolvulaceae. 



A large family, most abundant in the tropics; ours are 

 herbs, usually with twining or trailing stems; the leaves 

 alternate, or mere scales, without stipules; the flowers 

 perfect, with five sepals; the corolla with united petals, 

 more or less funnel-form and more or less five-lobed, 

 folded lengthwise and twisted in the bud ; the stamens five, 

 on the base of the corolla; the ovary superior, with from 

 one to three styles; the fruit usually a capsule, with from 

 one to four large seeds. 



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