YELLOW OR YELLOWISH FLOWERS 



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ORANGE-GRASS (Hypericum nudicaule). St. John's wort 



family. 



Ht. few in. to ij ft.; flowers without stalks on 

 slender branches; sepals 5, petals 5; leaves tiny, 

 close to stem. Sandy soil. Early summer and 

 autumn. 



See also YELLOW WOOD SORREL (10). 



See also MONEYWORT (6). 



6. Same as 5, but not with 5 petals. 



COW-WHEAT (Melampyrum Atnericanum) . Figwort 



family. 



Ht. generally under a foot; flowers small, pale yel- 

 low, solitary, axillary, calyx bell-shaped, corolla of 

 2 lips; leaves lance-shaped, short-stalked. Open 

 woods. Early summer. 



FIG. 15. 



ST. 



Cow- wheat (Melampyrum Americanum) . 



ANDREW'S CROSS (Ascyrum Crux-Andreae). St. 



John's wort family. 



Low plant; flowers (-} in.) axillary and terminal; 

 sepals 4, in pairs; petals 4, narrow; leaves narrow, 

 inversely egg-shaped to oblong, narrowing to base. 

 Summer. New Jersey, South and West. 



