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concave; the lower 3-cleft, the middle lobe being heart- 

 shaped. Low, branching, with flowers in the axils of the upper 

 leaves, whorled, common. 



94. Red Hemp-nettle 



G. LAdanum is a beautiful little pink flower of the strict- 

 ly labiate kind, quite prominent on the small, leafy stem. 

 Leaves longer and narrower than in the last. 



I have found this only at Bridgehampton, L. I. Its range is 

 throughout east New England, where it is not common. 



95, Bastard Toad-flax 



Comandra umbellata. — Family, Sandalwood. Color, green- 

 ish white or purplish. Leaves, alternate, nearly sessile, about 

 I inch long, pale green, pinnately veined. Time, May to 

 July. 



No corolla, but a lubular calyx, spreading at the top, and 

 lengthened beyond the fruit. At its base, above the ovary, is 

 a thick disk, and from the edge of this the stamens spring, 

 one opposite each lobe of the calyx, their anthers joined to 

 the centre of the disk by tufts of hair-like threads. Flowers 

 in corymb-like clusters, terminal, or in the axils of the uoper- 

 most leaves. Fruit, a roundish drupe, tipped by the 5 lobes of 

 the calyx. Parasitic on roots of other plants. 8 to 10 ins. high. 



Found in dry fields, from Cape Breton Island south to Florida 

 and westward to the Pacific coast. 



g6. Spurge 



Euphorbia maculata. — Family, Spurge. Color, reddish. 

 Leaves, small, oblong, narrow, slightly and finely toothed 

 near the apex, about ^ inch long. 



Lying on the ground and common. The leaves are marked 



