WILD FLOWERS YELLOW: AND ORANGE 
borne in opposite pairs, which are set alternately 
upon the stalk with short, purple-stained stems. 
They are generally oblong or lance-shaped, with a 
tapering tip, and are narrowed at the base, with 
their entire margins tinged with purple. The lower 
leaves are sometimes irregularly lobed and toothed, 
or wavy-edged, and the upper ones are much smaller 
and clasping. The prominent midrib is stained with 
purple. The pale yellow flowers are funnel-shaped, 
with five rounded, spreading lobes, which are fulled 
in the centre, forming curled edges. The two upper 
lobes curve forward, and the three lower ones curve 
backward. The texture is finely wrinkled and veined, 
The four yellow stamens — two long and two short — 
together with the inner surface of the corolla tube, 
are covered with fine hairs. The tips of the stamens 
have a pair of sharp points on the lower side.’ The 
pistil is green. The five-parted, woolly green, bell- 
shaped calyx has recurving tips. The bud is notice- 
ably round on the top, and is very glossy. They are 
tinted with green. The beautiful flowers are crowded 
on the stalk in a lovely terminal, leafy spike, - sev- 
eral blooming at the same time. This Foxglove is 
found from Maine to Ontario, Wisconsin, and Iowa, 
south to New York, Georgia and Mississippi. 
NARROW-LEAVED COW-WHEAT 
Melampjrum lineare. Figwort Family. 
An inconspicuous, low-growing annual found from 
May to August, in dry open woods and thickets. The 
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