YELLOW OR YELLOWISH FLOWERS 47 



ELM-LEAVED GOLDEN-ROD (Solidago ulmifolia). Com- 

 posite family/ 



Max. lit. 4 ft.; slender stems sometimes branching; 

 flower-heads small in a racemose panicle at top of 

 stem; leaves thin, toothed, somewhat resembling 

 elm-leaves, with stalks. Woody places. Summer, 

 autumn. 



23. Leaves alternate, simple, plants without thorns, flowers (not 

 composite) in spikes. 



WOOD-RUSH (Luzula campestris) . Rush family. 



Ht. J-i ft.; flowers small, straw-colored, crowded 

 into spike, sepals 6, sharp-pointed; leaves linear. 

 Dry ground. Spring. 



WOOD BETONY (Pedicular is Canadensis). Figwort 



family. 



Ht. J-i ft.; spikes short and thick; corolla 2-lipped, 

 upper lip with hood; leaves pinnately parted or 

 cut. Banks and thickets. Spring, summer. 



MULLEIN (Verbascum Thapsus). Figwort family. 



Max. ht. 6 ft.; stem woolly; flowers in long thick 

 spike, large; corolla of 5 lobes, wheel-shaped; leaves 

 large, pointed. Fields. Summer. 



SUNDROPS (Oenothera fructicosa). Evening Primrose 



family. 



Max. ht. 3 ft., stout, hairy; flowers i in. or more 

 across in loose spike; long tube of calyx with 4 

 pointed lobes, bent back; petals 4, inversely heart- 

 shaped; leaves mostly toothed. Dry ground. 

 Common. Summer. 



EVENING PRIMROSE (Oenothera biennis). Evening Prim- 

 rose family. 



Ht. 2-several ft.; stout, erect, somewhat hairy; 

 calyx very long with 4 pointed lobes; petals 4; 

 leaves lance-shaped, pointed, lowest with stalks. 

 Fields and roadsides. Summer and autumn. 



