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the lower one two-cleft. Corolla: two-lipped ; the standard large and over- 
shadowing the other petals; the lower lip, three-clett. Stamens: four. Pistil: 
one; style, two-lobed. Leaves: opposite; on petioles; oblong; smooth ; 
veined, Stem: six inches high; four-angled. 
How grateful the little self-heal must feel to the soft rain 
that falls upon it when thirsty and dusty it tries to maintain its 
reputation for cheeriness along the roadsides. And what a 
wonderful transformation we see in the plant after it has been 
so refreshed. But few flowers bloom at the same time in the 
leafy spike and when examined separately they are found to be 
very pretty. 
The common name of the plant refers to the kindly interest 
it has always taken in the ills of mankind. It is a lover of the 
people. Labourers apply it freely to their wounds and it has 
been used as a never-failing cure for quinsy. 
JERUSALE! ARTICHOKE. WILD SUNFLOWER. 
Helidnthus tuberosus. 
FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 
Composite. Bright yellow. Scentless. Mostly south and west. All summer. 
Flower-heads: \arge; flat; terminal and composed of both ray and disk 
flowers. The disk-flowers tubular, yellow or yellowish; the rays bright 
yellow. Leaves: on petioles, ovate ; triple-ribbed, hairy. Stem: five to seven 
feet high ; branched above; hairy. Rootstock: tuberous. 
This tall and beautiful species of sunflower has a fancy for 
rearing itself by old fences, and peeping into the gardens. It 
seems as though it could hardly resign itself to be severed en- 
tirely from civilisation and domesticity. Its tubers are quite 
large and edible. 
WILD SUNFLOWER. 
Flelianthus gigantéus. 
FAMILY COLCUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 
Composite. Yellow. Scentless. Mostly north. Late summer and 
early autumn. 
Flower-heads ; terminal ; solitary, and composed of both ray and disk flowers. 
Jnvolucre : of two series of bract-like pointed leaves. Leaves: alternate; al- 
most sessile; lanceolate; rough. Szem: upright; branched above; leafy ; 
rough, 

