YELLOW 



the hop clover. In its reputed superiority as fodder its English 

 name is said to have originated. Dr. Prior says that for many 

 years this plant has been recognized in Ireland as the true sham- 

 rock. 



SUNDROPS. 



CEnothera fruticosa. Evening Primrose Family. 



Stem. — Erect; one to three feet high. Leaves. — Alternate; oblong to 

 narrowly lance-shaped. Flowers. — Bright yellow ; rather large ; usually 

 somewhat loosely clustered. Calyx. — With a long tube and four reflexed 

 lobes. Corolla. — With four petals. Stamens. — Eight. Pistil. — One with 

 a four-lobed stigma. 



This is a day-blooming species of the evening primrose. Its 

 pretty delicate flowers abound along the roadsides and in the 

 meadows of early summer. 



CE. puniila is another day-bloomer belonging to this same 

 genus. Its flowers are much smaller than the sundrops. 



MEADOW LILY. WILD YELLOW LILY. 



[PI. LXX 



Lilium Canadense. Lily Family. 



Stem. — Two to five feet high. Leaves. — Whorled ; lance-shaped. Florv- 

 ers. — Yellow, spotted with reddish-brown ; bell-shaped ; two to three inches 

 long. Peria7ith. — Of six recurved sepals, with a nectar-bearing furrow at 

 their base. Stamens. — Six, with anthers loaded with brown pollen. Pistil. 

 — One, with a three-lobed stigma. 



What does the summer bring which is more enchanting than 

 a sequestered wood-bordered meadow hung with a thousand of 

 these delicate, nodding bells which look as though ready to 

 tinkle at the least disturbance and sound an alarm among the 

 flowers ? 



These too are true ** lilies of the field," less gorgeous, less 

 imposing than the Turks' caps, but with an unsurpassed grace 

 and charm of their own. " Fairy-caps " these pointed blossoms 

 are sometimes called; "witch-caps" would be more appro- 

 priate still. Indeed they would make dainty headgear for any 

 of the dim inhabitants of Wonder-land. 



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