WILD FLOWERS pink 



filled with woolly hairs. The dark, woolly stamens 

 scarcely peek from beneath the upper arch of the 

 partly gaping lips. The five-parted green calyx is 

 surrounded with broader, leafy bracts. The Turtle- 

 head is found from July to September, and ranges 

 from Newfoundland to Florida, and west to Mani- 

 toba and Kansas. 



SLENDER GERARDIA 



Gtrardia tenuifblia. Figwort Family. 



During September large patches of the irregular 

 bell-shaped flowers of this little Gcrardia are found 

 in the grassy growths of dry, open woods and thickets. 

 It is a smooth, slender-stemmed and widely branching 

 annual, growing from six to twenty-four inches high. 

 The spreading branches are sparingly leafed. The 

 alternating leaves are long, very narrow, and almost 

 needle-like, with sharp points, and show a fine midrib. 

 The green, bell-shaped calyx has very short, pointed 

 teeth. The small, tubular flower is light purple or 

 rarely white, and is marked with numerous indis- 

 tinct spots. The corolla is flattened, and two of the 

 five rounded lobes are smaller than the others, and 

 are curved inward over the pistil and cream-coloured 

 stamens. The inner surface of the two smaller lobes 

 is prettily marked with purple spots. The flowers 

 are set on short, hair-like stems, which spring from 

 the axils of the leaves along the branches. The little 

 pear-shaped buds look like drops of thick, fresh 

 paint, and are very decorative. The Slender Gcrardia 



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