YELLOW OR YELLOWISH FLOWERS 



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Solomon's Seal (Polygonatum hiflorum). Lily family. 

 Av. ht. 2 ft.; single stem; flowers on slender 

 stalks, axillary ; leaves egg-shaped — oblong, or lance- 

 shaped, practically without stalks. Woods. Spring. 



26. Leaves alternate, simple, plants without thorns, flowers (not 

 composite) solitary or few, petals 4. 



Seedbox {Ludu-igia aUcrnijolia). Loosestrife family. 

 Ht.2-3ft.; flowersaxillary.^in. broad; petals^; leaves 

 from short stalk, lance-shaped. Swamps. All summer. 



Small Sundrops {Oenothera pumila). Evening Prim- 

 rose family. 

 Ht. generally under i ft.; erect; slender stem; 

 flowers less than ^ in. across, one or few near top; 

 petals 4, notched at end; leaves narrowly oblong, 

 narrowed at base. Dry ground. Early summer. 



Fig. 23. 



Small sundrops (OenotJiera pumila). 



Celandine Poppy. Yellow Poppy {Stylopliorum di- 

 phyllum). Poppy family. 

 Ht. i-i^ ft.; flowers few, terminal; petals 4, broad; 

 leaves long, long-stalked, pinnately cut and divided, 

 divisions inversclv egg-shaped with rounded teeth or 

 lobes. Woods. Early spring. Western Penn. and West. 



