HOW TO KNOW THE WILD FLOWERS 



By the REV. H. PUREFOY FITZGERALD, F.L.S. 

 With Photographs by HENRY IRVING 



THE FLOWERS OF THE WATER-SIDE— II 



and the yellow flowers grow both from 



YELLOW LOOSESTRIFE ^^^ axils " of the Upper leaves and at 



'pHE Great Yellow Loosestrife {Lysi- the termination of the stems, forming a 



, macJiiii vulgaris) is an erect growing leafy panicle. The calyx has five teeth, 



plant, between two and three feet h'gh. while the corolla also has five divisions. 



GREAT YELLOW LOOSESTRIFE 



which is found in moist, shady places. but. like the I'rinuosc the ])etals are not 

 At intervals uj) the stem, three or separate; llie number ot stamens eorre- 

 four leaves spring, arranged in a wliorl. S]X)nd with the number ol divisions of tlie 



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