332 FLOWERS OF FIELD, HILL, AND SWAMP 



60. Canada Hawkweed 



H. Canad'ense produces larger flowers than either of the last, 

 on more hairy stems, in corymbs, with sessile leaves, those 

 above partly clasping. 



61. Rough Hawkweed 



H. sccLbrum is quite rough and hairy, with egg-shaped leaves, 

 the plant stiff, i to 3 feet high. If broken, the rough stem will 

 be found very brittle. Flowers in corymbose panicles. Com- 

 mon. 



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Lactuca acuminata. — Family, Composite. Color, blue. 

 Leaves, very various. Those from the root arrow - shaped ; 

 those on the stem ovate to lance-shaped, acute, sharply toothed, 

 often hairy on the mid -rib underneath; all with a winged 

 petiole. 



Tall and leafy biennials, with numerous bluish flowers in a 

 loose panicle on spreading peduncles. Plants of this genus 

 have milky juice; hence the name "lettuce," from lac, mean- 

 ing milk. All are tall and leafy, with cream-colored or pur- 

 plish flowers, not unlike the genus Prenanthes. 



63. Trailing Arbutus. Ground Laurel. Mayflower 



Epigaea repens (upon the earth). — Family, Heath. Color, 

 white or pink. Leaves, round, oval, or heart-shaped, thick, 

 evergreen, on hairy stalks. Time, April, May. 



Sepals, 5, pointed. Corolla, tubular, with spreading lobes, 

 hairy inside, purest white to deepest pink. Flowers, hidden 

 under the broad protecting leaves. Stamens, 10. Style, slen- 

 der, its apex making a ring around the 5 stigmatic lobes. 



A universal favorite and a candidate for honorable mention as 

 our national flower. We love it because it comes so early and 



