YELLOW 



Another and even earlier species of the crowfoot is R.fascicu- 

 laris. This is especially plentiful along the hillsides. Its roots 

 are a cluster of thick fleshy fibres. 



BELLWORT. 



[PI. LVI 



Oakesia sessilifolia. Lily Family. 



Stem. Acutely angled ; rather low. Leaves. Set close to or clasping 

 the stem ; pale ; lance-oblong. Flower. Yellowish or straw-color. Peri- 

 anth. Narrowly bell-shaped ; divided into six distinct sepals. Stamens. 

 Six. Pistil. One, with a deeply three-cleft style. 



In spring this little plant is very abundant in the woods. 

 It bears one or two small lily-like blossoms which droop mod- 

 estly beneath the curving stems. 



With the same common name and near of kin is Uwlaria 

 perfoliata, with leaves which seem pierced by the stem, but 

 otherwise of a strikingly similar aspect. 



LEATHER-WOOD. MOOSE-WOOD. 



Dirca palustris. Mezereum Family. 



A shrub two to six feet high. Leaves. Oval or obovate. Flowers. 

 Light yellow, appearing before the leaves, small. Calyx. Corolla-like, 

 yellow, funnel-shaped, with wavy or obscurely four-toothed border. Corolla. 

 None. Stamens. Eight, long and slender, protruding. Pistil. One, 

 with a long, thread-like style. Fruit. Oval, reddish, about one-half inch 

 long. 



In April, while making our careful way through some wet 

 thicket, we notice a leafless shrub with bunches of insignificant 

 yellow blossoms and a bark so tough that we find it almost 

 impossible to break off a branch. This is the "leather-wood" 

 used for thongs by the Indians. It is known also as "moose- 

 wood." The leaves appear later and finally the reddish oval 

 fruit. 



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