PINK AND ROSE-COLORED FLOWERS 
Twin-flower (Linncsa borealis, var. americana). Honey- 
suckle family. June, July. 
These delicate fragrant blossoms grow in pairs from the 
branches of a prostrate vine which carpets the ground or climbs 
over tree-trunks in damp woods. Corolla bell-shaped, five- 
pointed; four stamens; two small bracts below the flower; 
calyx, bracts, and flower-stalks hairy. The leaves are round 
with wavy edges and short stalks. Woods. Named for 
Linnaeus. 
Pale Laurel (Kahnia polifolia). Heath family. Spring, 
early summer. 
A foot-high bog-plant bearing a few flowers (one-half inch) 
in cluster (corymb) at the top; calyx five-parted; corolla bowl- 
shaped, five-lobed. Leaves nearly without stalks, oblong, 
whitish beneath, with edges rolled back. This specimen, 
sketched in the Bangor Bog, was surrounded by climips of 
Labrador Tea. Named for Peter Kalm. 
Spreading Dogbane {Apocyniim androscBmifolium). Dog- 
bane family. June, July. 
A roadside branching perennial a few feet high, with leaves 
on the same plane, by twisting of stalks bears clusters of small 
pinkish blossoms ; the corolla is bell-shaped with five lobes rolled 
back. The leaves are egg-shaped, with stalks, pointed. Common 
in dry ground. Greek signifies from and dog. 
Spiked Centaury {Centaurium spicatum). Gentian family. 
May to September. 
An annual, with erect stem, six inches to one foot high. One 
or two magenta-pink flowers in an axil. The corolla is cylin- 
drical and five-lobed; the calyx has five long, pointed lobes. 
Leaves small, oblong, without stalks. Coast of Nantucket and 
Portsmouth, Va. Latin centum and aureum, because of its 
value. 
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