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SELECTED WESTEEN ELORA 



stamens numerous, hypogenous; style simple; stigma entire or 

 3-Iobed; ovary simple, sessile, 1-several-eelled. 



1. heliAnthemum. 



Flowers of two kinds, the earlier with large yellow petals, numer- 

 ous stamens and many-seeded pods, the later with small petals or 

 none, and smajl few-seeded pods. The early flowers open only 

 in the sunshine, henoe the name. Woody herbs, more or less 

 branched. 



1. H. canadense, Miohx. Fbostwebd. 



Erect, hoary-pubesoent, with some slender branches; leaves alternate, 

 linear-oblong; early flowers large, solitary, terminal, but later ov^^topped 

 by elongating branches; later flowers clustered, axillary. The plant gets 

 its name from crystals of ice bursting through the bark at the base in the fall, 

 MacGregor, Man. 



LV. VIOLAcE^ (Violet Family). , 



Herbs with alternate stipulate leaves and irregular, axillary , nodding 



flowers; sepals 5, persistent; 



petals 5, irregular; stamens 

 5, hypogenous; fruit a 1- 

 ceUed pod opening by 3 

 valves, with 3 parietal 

 placentsB. 



1. ViOLA. Violet. 



Petals unequal, the lower 

 spurred at the base; some 

 of the stamens with spurs 

 projecting into the spur of 

 the corolla; producing in- 

 conspicuous flowers at the 

 base which never open. 



* Plants without stems. 

 1. V. cuculiata. Ait. Common 



Blue Violet. 



Leaves all withoiit divisions, 

 all except the earliest pointed, 

 crenate or dentate, cordate at 



Flo. 68. — Viola cuouUata. 



