YELLOW AND ORANGE WILD FLOWERS 



common in swamps and wet soil, often along road- 

 sides, during July and August, from New England to 

 Florida, and west to Michigan, Nebraska, and Louisiana. 



PARTRIDGE PEA. WILD SENSITIVE PLANT 



Cassia nictitans. Pea Family. 



The singular foliage of this common annual herb 

 is sensitive to the touch, and if roughly handled, or 

 threshed with the foot, the numerous leaflets close 

 together after the fashion of a fan, or remotely sug- 

 gesting the operation of the shutters of a blind. They 

 also close at night, and are thus said to "sleep." This 

 leafy plant is small and branching, and grows only 

 from six to fifteen inches high, in dry fields and 

 sandy wastes, where it often forms large patches. 

 The alternating leaves are compounded of from twelve 

 to forty-four blunt pointed and narrow-oblong leaflets, 

 which are arranged in opposite pairs. The small, 

 short-stemmed flowers have five spreading yellow 

 petals and are borne in clusters of twos or threes in 

 the axils of the leaves. They have five stamens, and 

 the fruit matures in a small, hairy pod. This species 

 is found from July to October, from Maine to Georgia, 

 and west to Indiana, Kansas, and Texas. 



WILD INDIGO. YELLOW, OR INDIAN 

 BROOM. HORSEFLY-WEED 



Baptisia tinctbria. Pea Family. 



The very small, Clover-like leaves and bright yellow, 

 butterfly-shaped flowers of this attractive, branching 



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