30 WILD FLOWERS AND FRUITS 



Larger Bur Marigold {Bidens chrysanihemoides) . Com- 

 posite family. 

 Ht. 1-2 ft.; head somewhat nodding; large rays 

 yellow (i in.); leaves simple, lance-shapcd, toothed, 

 without stalks. Swamps. Late summer and autumn. 



Fig. 13. 



Stick-tight {Bidens frondasa) . 



2. Leaves opposite, flowers simple, in spike or raceme. 



Yellow Loosestrife {Lysimachia stricta). Primrose 

 family. 

 Max. ht. 2 ft. ; flowers small with reddish centre, on 

 long slender stalks in long terminal racemes ; corolla 

 5-parted, lobes pointed; leaves narrowly lance- 

 shaped. Low ground. Summer. 



Smooth False Foxglove (Gerardia quercifoUd). Fig- 

 wort family. 

 Ht. few feet; corolla long, tubular, with 5 unequal 

 lobes; lower leaves commonly deeply cut, the upper 

 oblong, pointed, cut or with smooth edges. Rich 

 ivoods. Summer. 



Downy False Foxglove {Gerardia flava). Figwort 

 family. 

 Max. ht. 4 ft. ; similar to above but downy, flowers 

 smaller and leaves less cut. Open woods. 



