WILD FLOWERS YELLOW AND ORANGE 
and round. It is forked above the middle, and usually 
produces from one to three leaves below the fork. 
The thin, alternating, pointed oblong leaf entirely 
surrounds the stalk near the rounded base, and looks 
as if the stalk grew through it, rather than otherwise. 
This peculiarity is an easy means of identification. 
They are toned a full green, and are toothless, with an 
entire margin, and have a creased midrib. The rather 
large, fragrant, solitary, pale yellow flower hangs, 
like a pendant, from the ends of the drooping branches, 
on short stems, and is often partly hidden beneath the 
overhanging, terminal leaves. It is composed of six 
narrow, petal-like segments or sepals, which are 
rough on the inside, and have spreading tips. There 
are six stamens and a pistil. The generic name is 
derived from the Latin, Uvula, a palate, and alludes 
to the hanging flowers. The Straw Bell is found from 
Quebec and Ontario to Florida and Mississippi: 
SESSILE-LEAVED BELLWORT. WILD OAT 
Oakésta sessilifolia. Lily Family. 
A pretty and somewhat more common species than 
the foregoing, flowering at the same time, and having 
its stemless, pale green, rough-edged, long pointed- 
oval leaves set in pairs upon the angular stalk, and not 
pierced by it. It reaches the height of about twelve 
anches, and bears one or two leaves below the fork. 
The six petal-like segments of the smaller drooping 
flowers are less pointed and curved. They are greenish 
yellow or cream-coloured, and a sharply three-angled 
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