WILD FLOWERS yellow and orange 



borne in opposite pairs, which are set alternately 

 upon the stalk with short, purple-stained stems. 

 They are generally oblong or lance-shaped, with a 

 tapering tip, and are narrowed at the base, with 

 their entire margins tinged with purple. The lower 

 leaves are sometimes irregularly lobed and toothed, 

 or wavy-edged, and the upper ones are much smaller 

 and clasping. The prominent midrib is stained with 

 purple. The pale yellow flowers are funnel-shaped, 

 with five rounded, spreading lobes, which are fulled 

 in the centre, forming curled edges. The two upper 

 lobes curve forward, and the three lower ones curve 

 backward. The texture is finely wrinkled and veined. 

 The four yellow stamens — two long and two short — 

 together with the inner surface of the corolla tube, 

 are covered with fine hairs. The tips of the stamens 

 have a pair of sharp points on the lower side. The 

 pistil is green. The five-parted, woolly green, bell- 

 shaped calyx has recurving tips. The bud is notice- 

 ably round on the top, and is very glossy. They are 

 tinted with green. The beautiful flowers are crowded 

 on the stalk in a lovely terminal, leafy spike, sev- 

 eral blooming at the same time. This Foxglove is 

 found from Maine to Ontario, Wisconsin, and Iowa, 

 south to New York, Georgia and Mississippi. 



NARROW-LEAVED COW-WHEAT 



Melampyrum lineare. Figwort Family. 



An inconspicuous, low-growing annual found from 

 May to August, in dry open woods and thickets. The- 



167 



