Bellona Times
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the stamens are immersed in the tube ten in number five long and five short with purple anthers and slender white filaments attached at the base of the ovary which terminates in three short styles
the pod is stipitate developing in the upper half of the withered calyx splitting at apex into six recurved segments the seeds are borne on a central column and are small and numerous kidney shaped and brown with a rough surface
The whole plant is viscid, with glandular hairs forming a ciliate margin to the leaves, which are opposite, clasping at base a swollen joint of the stem.
Usually each stem has three pairs of leaves, decreasing in size upward.
the basal shoots have longer leaves all gracefully recurved and forming a crowded cluster at the summit of a long strong fibrous taproot which often penetrates deep down into some crevice and breaks off when uprooted
For this reason, the plant frequently survives, in spite of its showy blossoms, though it is not abundant any longer where it is frequently picked.
The wild pink was described by Thomas Walter in his Flora of Carolina in 1788, and re-described by André Michaud in 1803 as Selene Pennsylvanica,
It often grows in sandy or rocky soil on the borders of woods from Maine to Georgia in the eastern states, along the Alleghenies, and flowers from April to June.
It belongs to the pink family, or Caryophyllaceae, a large family of about 70 genera and over 1,500 species, which are widely distributed, mostly in temperate regions.
The generic name Selene was given by Linnaeus in 1753 in reference to the viscid hares, and about 250 species are known of which many are showy, graceful plants, the showiest perhaps being the fire-pink Selene virginica and the most graceful, the starry campion Selene stellata.
number four wild columbine reprinted from journal of the new york botanical garden august 1912 wild columbine aquilesia canadensis
Nodding in the cool winds of springtime and so lightly poised on its slender stems that it is almost impossible to take its photograph, the wild Columbine adorns the rocks and ledges in May with its gay red and yellow blossoms and occasionally is found in fields at middle elevations where it blooms until July.
The flowers are pendent, about one to two inches long, bright red, the five short red sepals overlapping five tubular spurs which terminate below in thickened honeysacks and broaden out above into five short yellow petals attached around a long-exerted cluster of slender yellow stamens, about fifty in number.
These are attached in five rows to a disc at the base of the ovaries, which are five in number and hairy with five long slender styles.
They develop into five follicles with long spreading points.
Each follicle contains about 15 shining black seeds attached along the ventral suture.
the basal leaves are pale green beneath three parted and each leaflet again divided into three toothed lobes smaller short stocked simpler leaves also grow on the flower stalks and diminish into bracts above
The stems vary in height from one to two feet and are smooth or slightly hairy above.
The root is fibrous and easily uprooted and for this reason the plant largely depends on its seeds for reproduction and is likely to be quickly exterminated on account of its showy flowers.
Occasionally plants are found with pale yellow blossoms growing among the normal ones.
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