EOSACEOUS PLANTS. 



35 



Flowers to compare witli Great Willow-herb are Fuchsia 

 tad Evening Primrose. Either of these will serve as the 

 -iype if Willow-herb cannot be obtained. 



CHAPTEE VI. 



EXAMINATION OF COMMON BOSACBOHS PLANTS — 'SWEET BEIBR 

 STBAWBEEET CHEERY CEAB-APPLE BASPBEEEY. 



48. Sweet Brier. As in the flowers examined in 



the last chapter, 

 the sepals of Sweet 

 Brier are not en- 

 tirely distinct; 

 their lower halves 

 • cohere to form a 

 tube, and the calyx 

 is therefore gamo- 

 sepalous. 



The coi;olla con- 

 fsists of five sepa- 

 rate petals of the 

 same size and 

 shape, and is there- 

 fore both regular 

 and polypetalous. , 

 I'iff- <13. ^ The stamens are 



very numerous, and separate from each other. As in the 

 Pea and the Willow-herb, so in this flower they will be 



Fig. 43.— Flower and leaves of Sweet Brier. 



