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THE COLORS OF NORTHERN FLOWERS.

win, suddenly turned one year into a single white kind, and a chrysanthemum has been seen to bear both yellow and white flowers. It will be observed in the accompanying table that in all families in which yellow flowers are common, white are also common, except in the Hyperaceæ, which contain no white-flowered species. Some species of mustard regularly fade to white, while many white flowers

The Predominant Colors of the Flowers of Ranunculaceæ to Cornaceæ in the Northern States.

Yellow. White. Red. Blue. Green. Total.
Ranunculaceæ 19 19 2 14 6 60
Magnoliaceæ 1 4 • • • • 1 6
Anonaceæ • • • • • • 1 • • 1
Menispermaceæ • • 2 • • • • 1 3
Berberaceæ 2 3 • • • • 1 6
Nymphæeaceæ 3 2 • • 1 • • 6
Sarraceniaceæ 1 • • • • 1 • • 2
Papveraceæ 4 2 2 • • • • 8
Fumariaceæ 2 3 2 1 • • 8
Cruciferæ 17 37 2 5 4 65
Capparidaceæ • • 1 • • • • • • 1
Resedaceæ 1 • • • • • • • • 1
Violaceæ 4 6 • • 8 • • 18
Cistaceæ 4 • • • • • • 4 8
Droseraceæ • • 3 1 • • • • 4
Hyperaceæ 18 • • 2 • • • • 20
Elatinaceæ • • • • • • • • 1 1
Caryophyllaceæ • • 32 15 • • 6 53
Portulaceæ 1 • • 3 1 • • 5
Malvaceæ 5 4 10 3 • • 22
Tiliaceæ • • 2 • • • • • • 2
Camilliacæe • • 2 • • • • • • 2
Linaceæ 3 • • • • 1 • • 4
Geraniaceæ 3 2 2 6 • • 13
Rutaceæ • • 2 • • • • 1 3
Anarcardiaceæ 1 • • • • • • 5 6
Vitaceæ • • • • • • • • 7 7
Rhamnaceæ • • 3 • • • • 4 7
Celastraceæ • • • • • • 2 1 3
Sapindaceæ 2 2 2 • • 5 11
Polygalaceæ 2 3 4 5 • • 14
Leguminosæ 19 28 6 61 2 116
Rosaceæ 19 44 13 2 2 80
Calycanthaceæ • • • • • • 3 • • 3
Saxifragaceæ 2 20 • • 1 13 36
Crassulaceæ 2 3 1 2 1 9
Hammelaceæ 1 1 • • • • 1 3
Halorageæ • • • • • • • • 9 9
Onagraceæ 15 2 4 5 4 30
Melastomaceæ • • • • • • 3 • • 3
Lythraceæ • • 1 • • 8 • • 9
Loasaceæ 1 • • • • • • • • 1
Cactaceæ 3 • • • • • • • • 3
Passifloraceæ 1 1 • • • • • • 2
Cucurbitaceæ • • 2 • • • • 1 3
Umbelliferæ 8 33 • • 2 2 45
Araliaceæ • • 3 • • • • 3 6
Cornaceæ • • 11 • • • • 2 13
Total 164 283 71 136 87 741
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