YELLOW OR YELLOWISH FLOWERS 



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Orange-grass {Hypericum ntidicaule) . St. John's wort 

 family. 

 Ht. few in. to i^ ft.; flowers without stalks on 

 slender branches; sepals 5, petals 5; leaves tiny, 

 close to stem. Sandy soil. Early summer and 

 autumn. 



See also Yellow Wood Sorrel (10). 



See also Moneywort (6). 



6. Same as 5, but not with 5 petals. 



Cow-WHEAT {Melampyrum Americanum). Figwort 

 family. 

 Ht. generally under a foot; flowers small, pale yel- 

 low, solitary, axillary, calyx bell-shaped, corolla of 

 2 lips; leaves lance-shaped, short-stalked. Open 

 woods. Early summer. 



Fig. is. 



Cow-wheat (Melampyrum Americanum) . 



St. Andrew's Cross {Ascyrum Crux-Andreae). St. 

 John's wort family. 

 Low plant; flowers (^-^ in.) axillary and terminal; 

 sepals 4, in pairs; petals 4, narrow; leaves narrow, 

 inversely egg-shaped to oblong, narrowing to base. 

 Summer. New Jersey, South and West. 

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