PINK AND ROSE-COLORED FLOWERS 
Meadow Beauty {Rhexia virginica). Melastoma family. 
July to September. 
A striking perennial, one foot or over, from tuber-bearing 
root. Showy flowers (one and one-fourth inches) ; calyx urn- 
shaped, four-pointed; petals four; stamens eight, style long and 
slender. Leaves lance-shaped to egg-shaped, without stalks, 
toothed, hairy, pointed. Fields and marshes. 
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Leaves opposite. Stem not four-sided. Flowers with five petals. 
All of the pinks are placed in this group. 
Marsh St. John's-wort {Hypericum virginicum). St. 
John's-wort family. July, August. 
A perennial, with smooth, finally ruddy stem, a foot high or 
more, bearing small clusters of pink flowers (one-half inch) with 
oblong petals and prominent stamens. The rounded leaves 
(sometimes rose-tinted) sometimes clasp the stem. Cranberry 
bogs. Fruit a long, pointed, magenta pod. 
Bouncing Bet (Saponaria officinalis). Pink family. 
Summer. 
A tall, stout perennial, with a large cluster of (one inch) 
flowers, often in clumps by the roadside. The petals are clawed. 
The leaves are pointed, egg-shaped to lance-shaped. Dry 
ground. Latin sapo, soap. 
Moss T?'mk {Phlox subulata) . Polemonium family. April 
to June. 
A low plant with few-flowered cluster. The calj'x has fine, 
stiff teeth, the corolla is salver-form with long tube and five 
lobes, generally notched. The leaves are lance-shapcd or linear, 
closely set, on the hairy stem. Dry hills, often in broad mats. 
New York, South and West. (Greek for flame.) 
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