WILD FLOWERS YELLOW AND ORANGE 



and round. It is forked above the middle, and usually 

 produces from one to three leaves below the fork. 

 The thin, alternating, pointed oblong leaf entirely 

 surrounds the stalk near the rounded base, and looks 

 as if the stalk grew through it, rather than otherwise. 

 This peculiarity is an easy means of identification. 

 They are toned a full green, and are toothless, with an 

 entire margin, and have a creased midrib. The rather 

 large, fragrant, solitary, pale yellow flower hangs, 

 like a pendant, from the ends of the drooping branches, 

 on short stems, and is often partly hidden beneath the 

 overhanging, terminal leaves. It is composed of six 

 narrow, petal-like segments or sepals, which are 

 rough on the inside, and have spreading tips. There 

 are six stamens and a pistil. The generic name is 

 derived from the Latin, Uvula, a palate, and alludes 

 to the hanging flowers. The Straw Bell is found from 

 Quebec and Ontario to Florida and Mississippi. 



SESSILE-LEAVED BELLWORT. WILD OAT 



Oakesia sessilifblia. Lily Family. 



A pretty and somewhat more common species than 

 the foregoing, flowering at the same time, and having 

 its stemless, pale green, rough-edged, long pointed- 

 oval leaves set in pairs upon the angular stalk, and not 

 pierced by it. It reaches the height of about twelve 

 inches, and bears one or two leaves below the fork. 

 The six petal-like segments of the smaller drooping 

 flowers are less pointed and curved. They are greenish 

 yellow or cream-coloured, and a sharply three-angled 



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