YELLOW OR YELLOWISH FLOWERS 31 



FERN-LEAVED FALSE FOXGLOVE (Gerardia pedicularia) . 

 Figwort family. 



Similar to above but leaves much cut; stems slightly 



hairy. 

 See also HORSE-BALM (3). 



3. Leaves opposite, flowers simple, in cluster. 



ST. JOHN'S WORT (Hypericum perforatum). St. John's 



wort family. 



Low plant; flowers nearly i in. broad, numerous, 

 with many leaves; sepals 5, petals (5) elongated; 

 stamens numerous; leaves small, oblong, without 

 stalks. Waste places. Early summer. 



SMALL-FLOWERED ST. JOHN'S WORT (Hypericum muti- 



lum). St. John's wort family. 

 Similar but smaller, and with much smaller flowers. 



GREAT ST. JOHN'S WORT (Hypericum Ascyron). St. 



John's wort family. 



Max. ht. 5 ft.; -flowers large, sepals and petals 5; 

 leaves long, often clasping. 



CANADIAN ST. JOHN'S WORT. (Hypericum Canadense). 



St. John's wort family. 



Max. ht. 2 ft.; flowers small, petals 5, pods dark 

 red, larger than flower; leaves linear. Sandy 

 ground. Summer. 



HORSE-BALM (Collinsonia Canadensis). Mint family. 

 Ht. few ft.; flowers scented; flowers on slender 

 stalks in terminal clusters (panicled racemes), 

 corolla 2-lobed; leaves toothed, pointed, with 

 stalks. Rich woods. Summer. 



4. Leaves opposite, flowers simple, not in spike, raceme, or cluster, 

 plant over \y 2 ft. 



FLY-HONEYSUCKLE (Loniceraciliatd). Honeysuckle family. 

 Shrub, av. ht. 4 ft.; flowers in pairs in axils on 

 slender stalks; corolla tubular, with 5 lobes, leaves 

 rather blunt pointed, oblong-egg-shaped, with 

 stalks. Woods. Spring. 



