38 WILD FLOWERS AND FRUITS 



WILD INDIGO (Baptisia tinctorid). Pulse family. 



Ht. 1^-2 ft.; stems delicate; flowers papilionace- 

 ous; racemes short and open, often leafy; leaves 

 practically without stalks, leaflets rounded, pale. 

 Dry soil. Early summer. 



12. Leaves (not opposite or whorled) compound, other than three 



leaflets, flowers not with 5 petals. 



GOAT'S RUE (Tepkrosia Virginiand). Pulse family. 



Max. ht. 2 ft. ; upright leafy stem ; flowers papilio- 

 naceous, large, in terminal clusters (or racemes), 

 "greenish, cream-yellow standard, purplish-rose 

 wings and curved keel of greenish-yellow, tinged 

 with rose," Blanchan; leaves from 17-29 linear- 

 oblong leaflets (Gray). Sandy ground, early sum- 

 mer. Southern New England, West and South. 



CONE-FLOWER (Rudbeckia laciniata). Composite family. 

 Ht. several ft. ; stem not hairy ; flowers composite 

 on long-stalked heads at ends of branches, disk 

 prominent, rays inversely lance-shaped (ij in. 

 long), drooping; upper leaves irregularly parted 

 with lobes egg-shaped and pointed, or the top ones not 

 divided; lower leaves with cut leaflets. Thickets. 

 Summer. 



13. Leaves (not opposite or whorled) compound, over 7 leaflets, 



flower with 5 petals. 



SILVER-WEED (Potentilla Anserina). Rose family. 



Extending by runners; flower-stalks in axils, long, 

 bearing single -flower; flowers about f in. broad; 

 calyx 5-lobed, petals inversely heart-shaped; leaves 

 from root only; leaflets with 10 to 20 or more 

 leaflets, oval, toothed, silky underneath. Meadows, 

 etc. Spring, summer. 



AGRIMONY (Agrimonia Eupatorid}. Rose family. 



Ht. abt. i-| ft. ; flowers small in long slender racemes; 

 top of calyx shaped like a top ; petals 5 ; leaflets 



