VARIEGATED FLOWERS 



short lip above. Stamens, many, long, protruding. Pistils, 5, 

 making as many long pods tipped with the slender styles. Flowers, 

 terminating the branches, nodding so as to bring the knobs of 

 the spurs above, but in fruit the peduncles are reversed so that 

 the pods stand upright. Flowers i£ inches long. Leaves, both 

 from the root and on stem, compound, divided twice or thrice, 

 the segments again divided into threes. Leaflets, rounded and 

 lobed. 



One would scarcely dare to deck her hat with red and 

 yellow, but good taste is not offended when Nature's artist 

 dips the brush in chrome for a lining to the columbine's scarlet 

 cornucopias. 



Its delicate foliage and bright flower make this a favorite, 

 whether it nods in greeting from its favorite clefts in rocks 

 or grows humbly at our feet. 



Insects find sweet honey at the end of the tiny horns, and 

 carry pollen from one flower to another. 



Heart's-ease. Pansy 



Viola tricolor, — Family, Violet. Colors, yellow, purple, and 

 white. (See p. 322.) 



Canada Violet 



V, canadensis. — Colors, yellow or nearly white, with purple 

 tints and stripes. The spurred petal is yellow, with purple veins; 

 lateral petals bearded. Flowers, on leafy stems, 3 to 14 inches 

 high. Leaves, ovate, heart-shape at base, pointed at apex, ser- 

 rate, downy underneath along the veins. Stipules, large, acute, 

 lance-shaped. 



One of the tallest of the violets, and beautifully marked in 

 the flower. In shady, hilly woods, from North Carolina, 

 Tennessee, and Nebraska northward. Also in the Rocky 

 Mountains. 



Pink-root. Worm-grass. Indian Pink 



Spigelia marilandica. — Family, Logania. Colors, red and yel- 

 low. Corolla, tubular, long, funnel-shaped, deeply 5-parted at 

 the border. Calyx, 5-toothed. Stamens, 5, joined to the tube 

 of the corolla. Pistil, protruding. Flowers, in 1 -sided spikes, 

 showy. Leaves, opposite, with stipules united, sessile, acute, 

 ovate, 2 to 4 inches long, pinnately veined. Stem, smooth, erect, 

 branched at base or simple, 1 to 2 feet high. May to July. 



In rich woods, New Jersey to Ohio, southward and west- 

 ward. 



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