BLUE AND PURPLE WILD FLOWERS 
achenes or seed cases are short, stout and flat, and 
have long, feathery, pale yellow plumes by which they 
are carried by the wind to find a favourable spot where 
they may germinate and grow and increase their kind. 
The leaves are mostly compound, and the three to 
seven leaflets are oval and pointed, and their margins 
are either entire or lobed. This plant is probably 
found somewhat farther north and west. There are 
about twenty odd species of Clematis occurring through 
North America. 
ORPINE. LIVE-FOR-EVER. LIVE-LONG. 
AARON’S ROD. MIDSUMMER-MEN 
Sédum purpiureum. Orpine Family. 
This plant is probably better known to children as 
the “Pudding-bag,” than by any other name. The 
thick, fleshy leaves are bruised in the mouth with the 
tongue until the skin separates bag-like, and then, by 
blowing in the open end they are inflated into so-called 
balloons or pillows. Orpine was formerly employed 
as a domestic remedy for healing wounds. The stout, 
branching, very leafy, pale green stalk is smooth and 
juicy, and grows from twelve to eighteen inches high. 
The smooth, broadly oval, alternating leaf has a coarsely 
toothed margin, and is thick and juicy. They are 
supported by a stout midrib, and clasp the stalk with 
an upward tilt. The purplish flower is small and has 
ten stamens and five sharply pointed and spreading 
petals. They are densely clustered in round terminal 
groups. The plant is reserved, however, in its flowering 
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