WHITE AND GREENISH WILD FLOWERS 
round, stiff, fibrous stalk grows from twelve to eigh- 
teen inches high, from a long, running rootstock. 
It is pale green in colour, and its base is sheathed with 
a dry, tough casing. There are two sets of leaves, 
one of which, the larger, often measures a foot in dia- 
meter, and is borne on a long stem from a rootstcok 
which produces no flowers. These leaves are smooth 
and glossy and deeply cleft into seven, eight, or nine 
long, arrow-shaped lobes which diverge from the stem. 
They are rather thin-textured, and the colour is dark 
green above and lighter beneath. The lobes are two- 
cleft, and they are toothed at the apex. The ribs and 
veins are conspicuous. The other set of leaves are 
borne on a separate flowering stalk. They are smaller 
and similar, and from one to three, usually two, spread 
from a forked joint between which hangs the pretty, 
solitary, nodding, waxy-white flower on its short stem. 
Owing to the large, spreading leaves, the flower might 
easily be overlooked at first glance. It is two inches 
broad when fully expanded. The bud case is enclosed 
in three temporary bracts, and as the petals open 
the six sepals fall away. The ovate petals are slightly 
concave, and from six to nine of them form a very 
pretty saucer-shaped flower. They are thick-textured, 
and beautifully networked with fine veins. The 
stamens have prominent yellow anthers, which are 
arranged in a circle around the large, thick pistil. 
-The blossom has an odour that is neither pleasing nor 
Yepulsive. The Wild Lemon gets its name from 
the large, lemon-shaped yellow fruit, which ripens in 
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