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WILD FLOWERS ' PINK 
The round, grooved, branching stalk is sometimes 
stout and juicy. It is nearly smooth, very leafy, and 
‘rises from one to two feet in height. The leaves are. 
set on long, slender stems, and where the latter joins 
the stalk, the union is protected by two thin-textured 
and flaring wings or stipules. The leaf is compounded 
of three egg-shaped leaflets, which narrow toward 
the base and unite with short stems at the same point. 
They are unmarked, and the margins are finely cut 
with sharply pointed teeth. The numerous small 
florets are often nearly white. They are densely 
crowded into rounded heads on the tips of slender 
stems. The corolla is three or four times as large as 
the calyx, which is finished with awl-shaped teeth. 
As the florets open, they spread outward and down- 
ward; and as they fade, the dried, light brown husks 
form a rusty collar around the stem, lending a ragged 
touch to the tidy, still blooming florets above them. 
This species is sometimes cultivated for fodder. It 
blossoms from May to October, in meadows and along 
waysides, from Nova Scotia to Idaho, and south to 
New Jersey and Georgia. 
WHITE, OR TRUE WOOD SORREL. ALLELUIA. 
SOUR TREFOIL. SHAMROCK 
Oxalis Acetosélla. Wood Sorrel Family. 
Oxalis is derived from a Greek word, meaning sour, 
and refers to the acid juice of the plant. In the cool, 
shady recesses of our mountainous regions this dainty 
plant is fairly rampant. Our Northern forests are 
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