WILD FLOWERS knk 



The round, grooved, branching stalk is sometimes 

 stout and juicy. It is nearly smooth, very leafy, and 

 rises from one to two feet in height. The leaves are 

 set on long, slender stems, and where the latter joins 

 the stalk, the union is protected by two thin-textured 

 and flaring wings or stipules. The leaf is compounded 

 of three egg-shaped leaflets, which narrow toward 

 the base and unite with short stems at the same point. 

 They are unmarked, and the margins are finely cut 

 with sharply pointed teeth. The numerous small 

 florets are often nearly white. They are densely 

 crowded into rounded heads on the tips of slender 

 stems. The corolla is three or four times as large as 

 the calyx, which is finished with awl-shaped teeth. 

 As the florets open, they spread outward and down- 

 ward; and as they fade, the dried, light brown husks 

 form a rusty collar around the stem, lending a ragged 

 touch to the tidy, still blooming florets above them. 

 This species is sometimes cultivated for fodder. It 

 blossoms from May to October, in meadows and along 

 waysides, from Nova Scotia to Idaho, and south to 

 New Jersey and Georgia. 



WHITE, OR TRUE WOOD SORREL. ALLELUIA. 

 SOUR TREFOIL. SHAMROCK 



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Oxalis Acetosella. Wood Sorrel Family. 



Oxalis is derived from a Greek word, meaning sour, 

 and refers to the acid juice of the plant. In the cool, 

 shady recesses of our mountainous regions this dainty 

 plant is fairly rampant. Our Northern forests are 



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