WILD FLOWERS PINK 
filled with woolly hairs. The dark, woolly stamens 
scarcely peek from beneath the upper arch of the 
partly gaping lips. The five-parted green calyx is 
surrounded with broader, leafy bracts. The Turtle- 
head is found from July to September, and ranges 
from Newfoundland to Florida, and west to Mani- 
toba and Kansas. 
SLENDER GERARDIA 
Gerdrdta tenutfolia. Figwort Family. 
During September large patches of the irregular 
bell-shaped flowers of this little Gerardia are found 
in the grassy growths of dry, open woods and thickets. 
It is a smooth, slender-stemmed and widely branching 
annual, growing from six to twenty-four inches high. 
The spreading branches are sparingly leafed. The 
alternating leaves are long, very narrow, and almost 
needle-like, with sharp points, and show a fine midrib. 
The green, bell-shaped calyx has very short, pointed 
teeth. The small, tubular flower is light purple or 
rarely white, and is marked with numerous indis- 
tinct spots. The corolla is flattened, and two of the 
five rounded lobes are smaller than the others, and 
are curved inward over the pistil and cream-coloured 
stamens. The inner surface of the two smaller lobes 
is prettily marked with purple spots. The flowers 
are set on short, hair-like stems, which spring from 
the axils of the leaves along the branches. The little 
pear-shaped buds look like drops of thick, fresh 
paint, and are very decorative. The Slender Gerardia 
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