YELLOW GROUP 



N. microphytta.. — This is a slender-stemmed species, with some 

 leaves thin, roundish, or kidney-shaped, submerged; others float- 

 ing, which are larger, broadly elliptical. Flowers, with yellow petals 

 and red stigmas. 



In ponds, New England to Pennsylvania and westward. 



Yellow Nelumbo. Sacred Bean. Water Chinquapin 



Nelumbo lutea.. — Family, Water Lily. Color, yellow. Leaves, 

 growing well out of water, large, 18 to 20 inches across, roundish, 

 sinking in the center, where the stalk joins the blade. Sepals 

 and petals, like those of the water lily. Summer. 



The flower is from 1 to 5 inches in diameter, scentless, 

 growing, as do the leaves, on tall stems, from a rootstock. 

 The numerous pistils are hidden in a concave receptacle, and 

 they produce bean-like, eatable seeds. The plant also pro- 

 duces edible tubers. Found in a few ponds in southern Con- 

 necticut, westward and southward ; rare in the Middle States. 

 Dr. Gray says, probably introduced by Indians. 



Seaside Crowfoot 



Ranunculus Cymbalkria.. — - Family, Crowfoot. Color, yellow. 

 Petals, 5 to 8, surrounding a head of achenes. The flowers are 

 borne upon low scapes, either solitary or several, 1 to 6 inches 

 high. A nectar-bearing pit and scale are found at the base of 

 each petal, as in nearly all buttercups. Leaves, clustered at the 

 root, round or heart-shaped, with wavy margins, long-petioled, 

 somewhat fleshy. They also grow on the joints of runners, by 

 which the plant propagates itself. June to August. 



This plant may grow quite in water, and upon the banks 

 of lakes and slow-moving streams from Maine to New 

 Jersey. Also found beside the Great Lakes, and inland, in 

 alkaline soil. 



Yellow Water Crowfoot 



R. delphinifblius — Color, bright yellow. Petals, 5 to 8, much 

 larger than the 5 sepals, with a small scale at the base. Leaves, 

 immersed in water or floating on the top, cut into thread-like 

 divisions. The upper leaves are less divided than the lower, 

 and the leaflets are variously shaped, toothed and lobed. 



A perennial by means of runners which root at their 

 joints. The achenes are compressed into a roundish head, 

 each one tipped with a straight, pointed beak. Often sev- 

 eral feet long. An aquatic found in still or slow-moving 

 waters from Maine to North Carolina and westward. A 



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