COWSLIP 



valley, and northward to southern Wisconsin. It 

 has long been used in medicine, and in recent years to 

 an increasing degree, so that its cultivation is now 

 widely practised in small gardens. It requires a loose, 

 loamy, shaded soil, a moist and cool location. When 

 dried for commercial use the rootlets should be very 

 carefully handled, for apart from the rootstock they 

 have not as great commercial value as when not 

 separated. 



COWSLIP. MARSH-MARIGOLD 



Cdltha palustris 



Cdltha is the Latin name of the Marigold. 



A low, bunched, perennial plant, common in marshes 

 and wet places, blooming in early spring and bearing 

 clusters of brilliant yellow flowers of the buttercup type. 

 Newfoundland to the Rocky Mountains, south to Iowa 

 and South Carolina. Common in northern Ohio. April, 

 May. 



Stems. — Stout, smooth, succulent, hollow, one to two 

 feet high, branched at the top. 



Leaves. — Basal leaves on long, broad petioles, heart- 

 shaped or kidney-shaped, entire or crenate, broader than 

 long; stem-leaves short-petioled or sessile. Often used as 

 a pot-herb. 



Flowers. — Of buttercup type, brilliant yellow, borne in 

 few-flowered clusters, either terminal or axillary. 



Calyx. — Of five to nine, broad, oval sepals that look 

 like petals, brilliant yellow, imbricated in bud. 



Corolla. — Wanting. 



Stamens. — Many; both filaments and anthers bright 

 yellow. 



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