rori'LAU FLORA. 



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8. I,.\S('K-I,K.\Vi:ii VK)t.KT. LcnvoHliuicc-sliiij»c<l, Meet, miiootli ; pttftls iiotlipardtil. V.JanrfnIiitn. 



+ f +f it- FloweiM li;;lit yellow, hiiihII. 



y, iJoiNit i,K,\\ III \. I,i;iVf4 iihiimI ovate !unl lioiii t-Hhui>i:<l, Hiirtiuliiii; flat on the ground ; hIiI"- 

 putiils beardt"! iiiid Itiiiwii Htieiikftl iiisido. ("old woods, N. V, rotiindijdlia. 



* * Lcafy-Htomnifd HpecieH. 



-»- Wild sjKM'iis, iKiciinial, with heurt-Hiiaiu-d leaves, hloKsonnii;? nearly all summer. 



10. I/i\(;si'lliliKli V. Spur V long. coiiHiderahly loiij^er tliaii the pale hluisli cnridla. V. rimtr<)ta. 



11. Mrill.KN'liKmi s \'. Low, spreadin',' hy runners ; spur stout, not nioro than half the len^;th of 

 the pah,' violet corolhi. \\'et wooiIm. V. Mnlilrnlivrgil. 



12. I'ai.k \'. Spur much sliorter tlian t ho cream-coloured corolla ; lower petal Htreiiked. V\ KiriaUi. 



13. Canada \'. Tall ; pittals white uliovc, viulot-tinged lieneatii ; spur very short. V. I'anddmiiu. 



14. Dt)\VNY \'. Tali, leatleHH helow, downy ; coKdhi yellow, spur very Hhort. T. juihisceriK. 



-t- 4- Cultivated or run wild ; root annual or hieiinial. 



15. IIkaht's kaskdk I'ANsv V. Low; upper leaves oval, the lower he:irtshaped ; stipules hir;;e 

 and leafdike, jiiniiatitid ; eorolla yc llow-whitish, violet-hluc, and pui pie, varyiiig or udxed, larg«i 

 and showy in tlie ciiliivated Pansy, becoming small when run wild. V. trlaMor. 



13. CISTUS FAMILY. Onler CISTACE.E. 



Tiiis small laiaily cin-ists of low slinililiy jilants ur perennial lieiljs, in Europe with a 

 .sliowy corolla wiiicli opens only onee, in siinshiiic, 

 t.lie petals liillini^f cdl' at siinx-t. Here it contains 

 only a few less liaiKisome, oi' homely, weed-like 

 jtlants. They may lie kiiown by the I'ollowing 

 marks. — T^eaves sonn; of them alternate, (Jalyx 

 remainiii)^' after hhissomiii'^, (d' 5 sejials, three of 

 them lar.ue anil two smalh'r, ofuii very small, the 

 latter entirely ottt>i(le in the luid and looking' like 

 bracts. Pe'.ils 5 or 3. all alike, oveilapjiiiiL,' each 

 other in tin; hml, each with one ed^e coverinjj the 

 one Ijefore it, hut coveT'ed liy that iMdiiml it. Sta- 

 mens from 3 to 20 ov iiiorej ;ill separate, hdrne 

 on the rece()t;icle. I'i.-til i, making a i-celled 



1, with the seeii.s home on three lines down the 



p()( 



walls, or on ])ioi(;clions from ihem, that is, wi;h 



3 ])arietal placentas. 



'j;i|. FI'iwfT, fi'-.. "f FrostWfPfl. 2Vt.". lu cilyx and 

 li.stil. •_".'; lis .jv.iiy cut iM.Toss ami iiiaKOilieU. 



Petals 5, yellow, falling after the flower has opened for one day only. 



Style none. Petals crumpled in tiie bud, {Hd id at hem urn) FhostwEED. 



Style slender. Little shrubs with minute leaves on sandy shores, [Hudhitin) HunsoNIA. 



Petals 3, purplish, persistent. Flowers very small. [Ltchen) I'inwkK!). 



