34 WILD FLOWERS AND FRUITS 



HEDGE HYSSOP (Gratiola Virginia/no). Figwort family. 

 Ht. few in.-i ft.; flowers under J in.; solitary in 

 axils on stalks; corolla 2-lipped, lower lip 3-cleft; 

 leaves generally toothed, long and pointed at 

 both ends, without stalks. Damp ground. All 

 summer. 



MONEYWORT (Lysimachia nummularia). Primrose 



family. 



Trailing; flowers solitary, axillary, i in. broad or 

 under; lobes of corolla 5, rounded; leaves oval, 

 short-stalked. Damp ground. Early summer. 



II. LEAVES WHORLED. 

 7. Leaves whorled. 



INDIAN CUCUMBER-ROOT (Medeola Virginiana}. Lily 



family. 



Ht. abt. 2 ft.; stem erect, from horizontal white 

 root; flowers in umbel at end of stem; sepals 3, 

 petals 3; leaves in two whorls, lower 5-9 inversely 

 egg-lance-shaped, pointed, without stalks ; upper of 

 3 (occasionally more), egg-shaped. Rich woods. 

 Early summer. (See Colored Plate II). 



FOUR-LEAVED LOOSESTRIFE (Lysimachia quadrifolia) . 



Primrose family. 



Max. ht. 2 ft.; flowers small on long stalks from 

 axils; lobes ($) of corolla pointed; leaves whorled in 

 4's or 5's (also 2 ? s, 3's, and 6's occasionally some- 

 what alternate), egg-shaped-lance-shaped, pointed, 

 without stems. Open woods and side of road. 

 Early summer. 



MEADOW LILY (Lilium Canadense). Lily family. 



Ht. 2 - several ft. ; flowers large, long stalked, 

 nodding, bell-shaped, with 6 spreading points, with 

 brown spots; leaves lance-shaped with stalks. 

 Meadows and bogs. Early summer. 



