WILD FLOWERS yellow and orange 



light yellow, two-lipped, tubular flower has a long, 

 sharp, outward curved spur at its base. The two 

 earlike lobes of the upper lip are elevated, and prettily 

 curved over the lower one. The spreading lower lip 

 has three unequal outward-curving lobes; the centre 

 one being the smallest, and at the throat, this lip has 

 a great, orange-coloured, tongue-like swelling that 

 nearly closes the tube, and hides the four unequal 

 stamens and pistil, which are flattened against the 

 upper lip. The throat, which can be seen by spread- 

 ing apart the jaw-like lips of the flattened corolla, 

 is lined with a silky down. The light green, five- 

 parted calyx is very small. The flowers are hung 

 on short stems springing from the axils of the leaflets, 

 and are closely gathered in a dense terminal spike. 

 This plant has an unattractive odour, and is found 

 growing most everywhere in fields, pastures, and 

 along roadsides, ditches and banks, often in small 

 colonies, from June to October, from Canada to 

 Virginia, and Nebraska. 



FERN-LEAVED, FALSE FOXGLOVE 



Gerardia pedicularia. Figwort Family. 



A beautiful species, with handsome, fern-like leaves, 

 found in dry woods and thickets mostly along the 

 Atlantic Coast States, during August and September. 

 It is an annual or biennial plant, and is rather sticky, 

 hairy and much-branched. The very leafy, round, 

 slender stalk grows from one to four feet high. The 

 soft, downy, light green leaves are set in pairs upon 



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