WILD FLOWERS YELLOW AND ORANGE 
light yellow, two-lipped, tubular flower has a long, 
sharp, outward curved spur at its base. The two 
earlike lobes of the upper lip are elevated, and prettily 
curved over the lower one. The spreading lower lip 
has three unequal outward-curving lobes; the centre 
one being the smallest, and at the throat, this lip has 
a great, orange-coloured, tongue-like swelling that 
nearly closes the tube, and hides the four unequal 
stamens and pistil, which are flattened against the 
upper lip. The throat, which can be seen by spread- 
ing apart the jaw-like lips of the flattened corolla; 
-is lined with a silky down. ‘The light green, five- 
parted calyx is very small. The flowers are hung 
on short stems springing from the axils of the leaflets, 
and are closely gathered in a dense terminal spike. 
This plant has an unattractive odour, and is found 
growing most everywhere in fields, pastures, and 
along roadsides, ditches and banks, often in small 
colonies, from June to. October, from Canada to 
Virginia, and Nebraska. 
FERN-LEAVED, FALSE FOXGLOVE 
Gerdrdia pedicularia. Figwort Family. 
A beautiful species, with handsome, fern-like leaves, . 
found in dry woods and thickets mostly along the 
Atlantic Coast States, during August and September. 
It is an annual or biennial plant, and is rather sticky, 
hairy and much-branched. The very leafy, round, 
slender stalk grows from one to four feet high. The 
soft, downy, light green leaves are set in pairs upon 
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