YELLOW AND ORANGE WILD FLOWERS 
created this particular one of the several common 
names applied to the Jewel-weed. There may be 
other original sources, but I cannot think of any 
more kindred, whenever I stop to admire these curious 
flowers. It is also true that the leaves hold the dew 
and rain in glistening drops, but as diamond jewellery 
did not burden the country folks, who called the wild 
flowers familiarly by name, it seems safe to accept the 
old album’s explanations, and let it go at that. 
The Jewel-weed grows in rank, tropical and luxu- 
riant profusion along water courses and about ponds, 
showing partiality, however, to shaded portions thereof. 
The smooth, hollow stem is ribbed and angular, trans- 
lucent and juicy, and grows from two to five feet high. 
The large, broad, oval leaf alternates upon the stalk. 
It has a tapering tip, and a coarsely toothed margin. 
The texture is thin and the surface is smooth. Above, 
they are dull green, and underneath whitish. The 
veins show on the surface, and the stem is tinged with 
red. The singular flower is curiously arranged. The 
sepals and petals are of the same general colour, and 
the divisions of the calyx and corolla are extremely 
difficult to distinguish and describe in simple language. 
One of the sepals has developed into a conspicuous, 
horizontal, orange-yellow cornucopia, which tapers 
to a very slender recurved hook. Three other parts 
are prominently displayed — one as a hood, and the 
others, which are twice cleft, twist and flare outward 
and downward at the sides of the cup. They are 
thickly speckled with reddish brown dots, which 
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