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Southcott's* Willow Herb Family   


Onagraceae (Willow Herb Family.)

Herbaceous plants or shrubs with perfect and symmetrical flowers. The Fuchsia belongs to this family.

Epilobium Angustifolium.---Willow Herb. Found in newly cleared land. Tall herb with clasping undivided leaves and rose-colored flowers in racem. Sepals, 4. Petals, 4; twisted while in bud.

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*Mary Southcott. Some Newfoundland Wild Flowers.
St. John's, Newfoundland : Robinson and Company , 1915, p. 13-14