42 WILD FLOWERS AND FRUITS 



Rattlesnake-weed (Hieracium venosum). Composite 

 family. 

 Av. ht. 2 ft.; leafless stem slender, dividing at top; 

 flower-heads, in loose open cluster, like small dan- 

 delions; leaves almost without teeth with purple 

 marking. Dry woods. Summer and autumn. 



17. Leaves from root only, simple, flowers not composite, 



water plants. 



Golden-club (Orontium aquaticum). Arum family. 



Long flowerless stem ending in spadix covered with 

 minute flowers; leaves without teeth. Ponds. 

 Spring. 



Yellow Nelumbo {Nelumho lutea). "Water-lily family. 

 Single flower with corolla and calyx like the water 

 lily but yellow; pistils sunken into a hollowed recep- 

 tacle; leaves large, floating. Scattered localities. 

 Summer. 



18. Leaves from root only, simple, flowers not composite, 



land plants. 



Dog's-tooth Violet. Yellow Adder's-tongue {Ery- 

 thronium Americanum). Lily family. 

 Ht. abt. 8 in.; flowers solitary, on long stalks; 6 

 pointed sepals, sometimes spotted near bottom; 

 leaves lance-shaped. Rich soil. Early spring. 



Clintonia borealis. Lily family. 



Leafless stem under i ft. ; umbel of several bell- 

 shaped flowers, yellowish; leaves large, oblong or 

 egg-shaped. Woods. Spring and early summer. 



Yellow Star-grass (Hypoxis erecta). Amaryllis 

 family. 

 Ht. few in.; flowerless stem slender, bearing 1-4 

 flowers;- perianth with 6 pointed divisions; leaves 

 linear, long. Meadows and open woody places. 

 Spring, autumn. 



