146 COMMON CANADIAN WILD PLANTS. 



* * Stems leafy. Corolla rotate, wanting in Glaux. 



4. Triciitii'llg. Leaves in a whorl at the summit of a slender erect 



stem. Calyx usually T-parted, the lobes pointed. Corolla usually 

 7-pRrted, spreading, without a tuhe. Filaments united in a ring 

 helow. Flowers usually only one, white and star-shaped. 



5. Lyglmnch'la. Leafy-stemmed. Flowers yellow, axillary or in a 



terminal raceme. Caly.x usually .'i-pavted. Corolla wheel-shaped, 

 mostly 5-parted, and sometimes polypetalous. 



6. Olanx. A fleshy herb with purplish and white axillary flowers. 



Corolla wanting, the calyx petal-like. — Atl. Prov. 



7. Anagal'Ils. Low and spreading. Leaves opposite or whorled, 



entire. Flowers variously coloured, solitary in the axils. Calyx 

 6-parted. Corolla wheel-shaped, 5-parted. Filaments bearded. 



8. Sam'olns. Smooth and spreading, 6-10 inches high. Corolla bell- 



shaped, S-partcd, with 6 sterile filaments in the sinuses. Calyx 

 partially adherent to the ovary. Flowers very small, white, 

 racemed. Leaves alternate. 



1. PKISI'ITLA, L. Pkimbose. Cowslit. 



1. P. farino'sa, L. (Bird's eye p.) Lower surface of 

 the leaves covered with a white mealiness. Corolla lilac 

 with a yellow centre. — Shores of Lake Huron and north-.- 

 ward. 



2. P. Mistassin'iea, Michx. Leaves not mealy. Corolla 

 flesh-coloured, the lobes obcordate. — Shores of the Upper 

 Lakes, and northward. 



8. A.^DROS'ACE, Tourn. 

 A. septentriona'lls, L. Almost glabrous, 2-10 inches 

 high. Leaves lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, narrowed 

 at the base, toothed. Bracts of the involucre awl-shaped. 



— N.W. 



3. DODECATH'EOiV, L. AMERICAN COWSLIP. 

 D. Mead'ia, L. (Shooting-Star.) Smooth. Leaves ob- 

 long or spathulate. FloWers nodding on slender pedicels. — 

 N.W. , 



4. TRIEIKTA'I.IS, L. Chickweed-Wintehsrken. 

 T. America'na, Pursh. (Star-Flower.) Leaves thin 

 and veiny, lanceolate, tapering toward? bptji ends. Petals 

 pointed. — Moist woods. 



