. A spring flora for high schools. Botany. OLEACEAE (OLIVE FAMILY) los TRIENTALIS Low and smooth perennials, with simple erect stems, with a few alternate, minute leaves below, and a whorl of thin veiny- leaves at the summit. The slender pe- duncle bearing- a delicate white and star- shaped flower (without tube). Fila- ments united into a ring at base. T. americana. Star Flower. Spreading by slender rootstocks, sometimes produc- ing long stolons; leaves elongated-lance- olate, tapering at both ends; petals finely pointed. Woods. May to July. DODECATHEON. Trienialis americana^ Star flower. Smoo
. A spring flora for high schools. Botany. OLEACEAE (OLIVE FAMILY) los TRIENTALIS Low and smooth perennials, with simple erect stems, with a few alternate, minute leaves below, and a whorl of thin veiny- leaves at the summit. The slender pe- duncle bearing- a delicate white and star- shaped flower (without tube). Fila- ments united into a ring at base. T. americana. Star Flower. Spreading by slender rootstocks, sometimes produc- ing long stolons; leaves elongated-lance- olate, tapering at both ends; petals finely pointed. Woods. May to July. DODECATHEON. Trienialis americana^ Star flower. Smooth herb, with a cluster of basal leaves. Simple, naked scape bearing an umbel of showy flowers nodding on slender pedicels. Corolla rose- color or white with a very short tube, and reflexed long and nar- row divisions. Filaments short, with long, slender anthers approximate in a cone. D. Meadia, Shooting Star. Leaves oblong or spatulate, gradually narrowed at base. Woods and moist cliffs. May, June. OLEACEAE (Olive Family) Trees or shrubs, with opposite and pin- nate or simple leaves, a ^-parted calyx and corolla {sometimes apetalous), 2 stamens, and a 2-celled ovary. FRAXINUS. 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 Cowles, Henry Chandler, 1869-1939; Coulter, John G. (John Gaylord), b. 1876. joint author. New York, Cincinnati [etc. ] American Book Company
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