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 

 Menyanthes eight or ten inches tall, with a stout 



trijolihia yellowish-green stem and rich greer 



White leaves, with long, sheathing leaf-stalks 



and three leaflets ' with toothless or s 

 what scalloped edges. The flowers an 



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

 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 twentj 

 flowers in each cluster and the effect is charming, suggest 

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

 bogs across the continent^ and also in Europe and Asia 

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

 extinct. 



MORNING-GLORY FAMILY. Convolvulaceae. 



A large family, most abundant in the tropics; ours ar< 

 herbs, usually with twining or trailing stems; the leave; 

 alternate, or mere scales, without stipules; the floweri 

 perfect, with five sepals; the corolla with united petals 

 more or less funnel-form and more or less five-lobe 

 folded lengthwise and twisted in the bud; the stamens fiv 

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

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

 one to four large seeds. 



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