YELLOW AND ORANGE WILD FLOWERS 



sparse thickets separating open woodland and fields, 

 where the land was sloping and a little rocky. The 

 three little leaflets of the compound leaf are shaped 

 like the blades of miniature canoe paddles, with the 

 rounding outer end indented or nicked. They are 

 almost stemless, and as they ascend the lengthening 

 stalk, they become a little larger and longer. They 

 are thin textured, and the smooth surface is finely 

 marked with feather veinings. Their margins are 

 minutely scalloped by the tips of the veins, which 

 extend to the edges and form tiny teeth. The slen- 

 der thread of a stem upon which they are set, is guarded 

 at its base with a pair of narrow pointed, clasping 

 wings that are united with the stem centrally for half 

 their length. The pleasing golden yellow flowering 

 head is oval or oblong, and is densely crowded with 

 very small florets, arranged alternately like scales. 

 They are set on little stems held in the axil of the leaf. 

 The florets are delicately fluted with the finest imag- 

 inable feather veins, and they open circularly from the 

 lower tier, upward. As they mature, they turn down- 

 ward like those of the Hop Vine, and become dry 

 and husky, and retain a light golden brown colour. 

 Several stalks spring from each root part, and they 

 often form large, loose, widely spreading, brilliant 

 green groups. Hop Clover is found from Nova 

 Scotia to Virginia, west to western New York, Ontario, 

 and Iowa, from May to September. The leaves of 

 the Clovers have a family trait of drooping or clos- 

 ing together at night, as if to "sleep." The two 



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