WILD FLOWERS yellow and orange 



separated. The flowers are smaller clustered, and 

 it consequently bears fewer berries, which are oval, 

 rather than oblong. The petals are distinctly notched, 

 and are arranged in a double row, or nearly so. 



GREATER CELANDINE. SWALLOW- WORT 

 TETTER-WORT 



Chelidonium majus. Poppy Family. 



The Celandine is a loose branching herb, sprawled 

 commonly along roadsides and waste places, in fields, 

 and about old buildings. It has been naturalized 

 from Europe, and is often confused with the Black 

 Mustard by those who are not familiar with the flowers. 

 The light green stalk has a whitish bloom, and grows 

 from one to two feet high. It is sparingly hairy, 

 weak and brittle, and is filled with a copious orange- 

 coloured, acrid juice that stains everything it touches, 

 and which is said to be poisonous. Small boys paint 

 warts with it in the hope of removing them, and for the 

 same effect, their parents have used the irritant 

 juice on their corns. The pretty little odourless 

 flowers are half an inch or more broad, and are borne 

 in small, loose clusters on slender stems. The four 

 slightly curved, spreading, oval petals are pure yellow 

 and lustreless. The prominent, slender, green pistil 

 is surrounded with numerous pretty yellow stamens, 

 with yellow anthers. The buds are nodding, and 

 the two yellowish sepals fall as the flower opens. 

 The thin, loosely textured, yellowish green leaf is 

 not unattractive. It is compound, and deeply cleft 



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