. Wild flowers of the North American mountains [microform]. Botany; Fleurs sauvages; Wild flowers; Botanique. 3^4 Yi'llou^ to Orange Flowers if,'. TREACLE MUSTARD lirysiiiiuiii parz-iflorum. .Mu>tar(l Family Stems: erect, siinple. Leaves: olilanceolatc or liiuar, ol)tiisc, entire or dentate, tlie npijcr >e--sile, tlie lower sleii(ler-|)eti<ile[>i'lalum. Orpine Family Flowering branches erect. Leaves: alternate, crowded, but scarcely imbricated except on the sterile shoots, sessile, linear, entire. Flowers: in a tbree-to-seven forked cyme, compact; petals narrowly lanceolate, very a
. Wild flowers of the North American mountains [microform]. Botany; Fleurs sauvages; Wild flowers; Botanique. 3^4 Yi'llou^ to Orange Flowers if,'. TREACLE MUSTARD lirysiiiiuiii parz-iflorum. .Mu>tar(l Family Stems: erect, siinple. Leaves: olilanceolatc or liiuar, ol)tiisc, entire or dentate, tlie npijcr >e--sile, tlie lower sleii(ler-|)eti<ile[>i'lalum. Orpine Family Flowering branches erect. Leaves: alternate, crowded, but scarcely imbricated except on the sterile shoots, sessile, linear, entire. Flowers: in a tbree-to-seven forked cyme, compact; petals narrowly lanceolate, very acute, much exceeding the calyx-lobes. This plant is well named Scditm, from scdcrc " to ; for it sits very happily, and in lowly fashion, upon th'^ bleak bald hills at hij;;h altitudes. It is a most uncanny plant. The tiny, pale green, juicy leaves, crowded on the thick- short stems, are, like human flesh, easily bruised; and each of the brij^ht yellow flowers, which s^row in dense clusters, has four or five narrow poin'.ed petals. There are ten stamens, the alternate ones beini,' attached to the petals. The five erect carpels are tipped with lons^ conspicuoi ;d diver<;^ent styles, crowned by fat stij^finas. The smooth clammy foliage of the Stonecrop reminds the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Henshaw, Julia W. (Julia Wilmotte), 1869-1937. New York : R. M. McBride
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