WHITE OR WHITISH FLOWERS 
GROUP IV 
Leaves opposite. Herbs. Stem not four-sided. 
Bladder Campion {Stlene latifolia) . IPink family. 
All Slimmer. 
A common perennial herb, a foot or more high, bearing flowers 
(half -inch broad or more) with five petals cleft at the end and 
calyx inflated and veined. The leaves are egg-shaped and 
pointed. Common by roadsides and by the railway. Named 
from Greek for saliva, referring to the exudate in some species. 
Miterwort {Mitella diphylla). Saxifrage family. April, May. 
An upright perennial of the woods, six inches to a foot high, 
with hairy stem bearing small flowers in a delicate raceme; 
petals five, deeply toothed. The stem has two heart-shaped 
leaves, pointed, almost without stalks. (Greek word for cap.) 
Enchanter's Nightshade {CirccBa lutetiana). Evening 
Primrose family. Jime to August. 
An erect branching perennial, a foot high or over, with long 
racemes of small flowers having two petals, two stamens, and 
a two-lobed calyx. The leaves are egg-shaped, pointed, toothed. 
The fruit is bur-like. Open woods. Named after Circe. Smaller 
Enchanter's Nightshade {C. alpina) is similar, but lower, and 
growing in deeper woods, three to eight inches high, with smooth 
feeble stem and heart-shaped leaves " Sharpe at the point like 
unto Spinage " (Gerarde, 1633). 
Crinkle-root. Toothwort (Dentaria diphylla). Mustard 
family. April, May. 
A perennial with average hoight of a foot, bearing little 
flowers in a cluster (or short raceme) at the end of the stem; 
four sepals, four petals. Leaves made up of three leaflets ; two 
on the stem, one from the root; the root-stalk is long and 
jointed, of pleasant taste. Rich woods. South and West. The 
name refers to the tooth-like sections of the root. 
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