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WILD FLOWERS AND FRUITS 



BLACK HENBANE (Hyoscyamus niger] . Nightshade family. 

 Ht. 1-2 ft. or over; flowers large, urn-shaped, 

 with edges 5 -pointed, ill-scented, spiked above, 

 below solitary; leaves large, unevenly lobed, gen- 

 erally clasping. Waste ground. All summer. 



See also POVERTY-GRASS (29). 



Fig. 22. 

 Fig. 21. 



Evening primrose (Oenothera 

 biennis). 



Bellwort (Oakesia sessilifolid) . 



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



composite) solitary or few, violet-shaped. 

 DOWNY YELLOW VIOLET (Viola pubescent} . Violet family. 



Low plant, hairy; leaves heart-shaped, pointed. 



Woods. Spring. 



25. Same as 24, but flowers bell-shaped. 



BELLWORT (Oakesia sessilifolia] . Lily family. 



Low plant; stem slender, 4-angled; one or two 

 flowers terminal or opposite leaves, narrowly bell- 

 shaped; leaves lance-shaped, acute at both ends, 

 without stalks or clasping. Moist woods. Spring. 



BELLWORT (Uvularia perfoliata). Lily family. 



Similar but sometimes 20 in. high, flowers larger 

 and leaves pierced by stem. 



