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1. I. pallida, Nutt. Pale Totjch- 



ME-NOT, 



Flowers pale yellow, very little 

 dotted; spur shorter than it is 

 wide; larger than the next species. 

 Wet shady places, Man. and Sask. 



2. I. bifldra, Walt. 



TOUCH-MB-NOT. 



Spotted 



Fig. 63. — Impa- 

 tiens pallida. 



Fib. 64. — Im- 

 patiens biiiora. 



Flowers orange, thickly spotted 

 with reddish brown; spur longer 

 than broad, and incurved. (7. fvlva, Nutt.) Wet shady places, Man. 

 Alta. and far north. 



L. RHAMNACEJE (Buckthorn Family). 



Slirubs with simple, alternate, stipulate leaves (the stipules small 

 and very deciduous) and small regular flowers. Calyx 4 or S-toothed ; 

 petals 4 or 5 on the calyx, or none; stamens the same nimiber as 

 the petals and opposite to them, inserted with them on the calyx; 

 ovary 2-5-oelled with one ovule in each cell; fruit a drupe or capsule. 



1. RHAMNUS. Buckthorn. 



Calyx- 4 or 5-toothed, petals 4 or 5, dawed ; stamens same number 

 as petals; ovary 3 or 4^celled; style 3-4-cleft; drupe berry-like. 

 Shrubs with pinnately veined leaves and (with us) usually dioecious 

 flowers. 



1. R. alnifdUa, L'H^r. 



A small shrub with ovate or elliptical leaves, each with 6 or 7 pairs of 

 prominent veins; flowers mainly dioecious, in 2's or 3's on short pedicels in 

 the axils of the leaves, appearing with the leaves. Moist wooded regions, 

 Man.-Alta. 



2. CEANOTHUS. Rbd-koot. 



Calyx 5-lobed, the tube adhering to the ovary; petals 5, hooded, 

 clawed, longer than the caljrx lobes; stamens 5, the filaments 

 elongated; style short, 3-oleft; fruit dry, 3-lobed, separating when 

 mature into 3 nutlets. Shrubs with alternate petioled leaves and 

 white, blue, or yellowish flowers in terminal or axillary clusters. 



1. C. velutlnus, Dougl. 



A large shrub with brownish twigs; leaves broadly elliptical, 3-nerved, 

 closely serrate-dentate ; dark green, smooth, shiny above and slightly canes- 



