37° FLOWERS OF FIELD, HILL, AND SWAMP 



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C. suaviolens is a plant of lower growth (highest, 5 feet), 

 ■with triangular-shaped, pointed, and toothed leaves. 



A rare growth of rich woods, from Connecticut west and south. 



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Pren&nihes altissima. — Family, Composite. Color, yellow- 

 ish. Leaves, with petioles, sometimes winged, variously divid- 

 ed, cut, or toothed, ovate, triangular, or heart-shaped, or 3- to 5- 

 lobed, the divisions cleft. 



Flowers in loose, terminal, and axillary panicles, with leaves 

 interspersed ; 5 involucral scales surround the flower. Tall, 

 S to 7 feet. 



From New England westward and southward. 



39. Creeping Wintergreen. Checkerberry 



Gaultheria procumbens. — Family, Heath. Color, white. 

 Leaves, alternate, oval, evergreen, somewhat toothed, on peti- 

 oles. Time, July to September. 



Calyx, 5-parted. Corolla, bell-shaped, swollen in the mid- 

 dle, somewhat contracted at the top, with 5 points. Stamens, 

 10, each with 2 round anther-cells, opening by a hole at the 

 top. Fruit, not strictly a berry, made of the calyx adhering 

 to the ovary and grown fleshy. Flowers, i, or a few, hanging 

 from the axils of the leaves. Plant stem creeping just under 

 or above the ground. 



This is the little, well-known plant whose new, tender red leaves 

 youngsters delight to chew, and whose aromatic berries some- 

 times find their way to our grocery stores. 



Often late in the season the waxen flower-bells and ripening 

 fruit are found together. 



