30 WILD FLOWERS AND FRUITS 



LARGER BUR MARIGOLD (Bidens chrysanthemoides) . Com- 

 posite family. 



Ht. 1-2 ft.; head somewhat nodding; large rays 

 yellow (i in.) ; leaves simple, lance-shaped, toothed, 

 without stalks. Swamps. Late summer and autumn. 



FIG. 13. 



Stick-tight (Bidens frondosa) . 



2. Leaves opposite, flowers simple, in spike or raceme. 



YELLOW LOOSESTRIFE (Lysimachia stricta). Primrose 



family. 



Max. ht. 2 ft. ; flowers small with reddish centre, on 

 long slender stalks in long terminal racemes ; corolla 

 5 -parted, lobes pointed; leaves narrowly lance- 

 shaped. Low ground. Summer. 



SMOOTH FALSE FOXGLOVE (Gerardia quercifolia) . Fig- 

 wort family. 



Ht. few feet; corolla long, tubular, with 5 unequal 

 lobes; lower leaves commonly deeply cut, the upper 

 oblong, pointed, cut or with smooth edges. Rich 

 woods. Summer. 



DOWNY FALSE FOXGLOVE (Gerardia flava). Figwort 



family. 



Max. ht. 4 ft. ; similar to above but downy, flowers 

 smaller and leaves less cut. Open woods. 



