YELLOW AND ORANGE WILD FLOWERS 



created this particular one of the several common 

 names applied to the Jewel-weed. There may be 

 other original sources, but I cannot think of any 

 more kindred, whenever I stop to admire these curious 

 flowers. It is also true that the leaves hold the dew 

 and rain in glistening drops, but as diamond jewellery 

 did not burden the country folks, who called the wild 

 flowers familiarly by name, it seems safe to accept the 

 old album's explanations, and let it go at that. 



The Jewel-weed grows in rank, tropical and luxu- 

 riant profusion along water courses and about ponds, 

 showing partiality, however, to shaded portions thereof. 

 The smooth, hollow stem is ribbed and angular, trans- 

 lucent and juicy, and grows from two to five feet high. 

 The large, broad, oval leaf alternates upon the stalk. 

 It has a tapering tip, and a coarsely toothed margin. 

 The texture is thin and the surface is smooth. Above, 

 they are dull green, and underneath whitish. The 

 veins show on the surface, and the stem is tinged with 

 red. The singular flower is curiously arranged. The 

 sepals and petals are of the same general colour, and 

 the divisions of the calyx and corolla are extremely 

 difficult to distinguish and describe in simple language. 

 One of the sepals has developed into a conspicuous, 

 horizontal, orange-yellow cornucopia, which tapers 

 to a very slender recurved hook. Three other parts 

 are prominently displayed one as a hood, and the 

 others, which are twice cleft, twist and flare outward 

 and downward at the sides of the cup. They are 

 thickly speckled with reddish brown dots, which 



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