YELLOW OR YELLOWISH FLOWERS 
Spatter-dock. Cov; Lily (Nymphaaadvena). Water-lily 
family. April to September. 
A stout stem protruding from the water bears a yellow flower, 
two inches across, with five or six thick sepals, yellow (or green 
outside); the numerous petals are stamen-like, the pistil is 
large. The leaves are broadly heart-shaped, have long stems, 
and float upon the surface. Still water. The shape is suggestive 
of Primula veris, common in English meadows, " where cow- 
slips and the nodding violet grows," and the Spatter-dock is 
sometimes likewise called Cowslip. 
Dog's-tooth Violet. Yellow Adder's-tongue (Erythronium 
americanum) . Lily family. March to May. 
An upright plant about eight inches high, from a solid bulb 
(corm). The flowers are soHtary on long stalks, and have six 
pointed yellow divisions of the perianth, nearly an inch long, 
sometimes spotted near the base. The leaves are lance-shaped. 
Rich soil. From the Greek word meaning red. 
YeWov/ Clmtonia. (Clintonia boredlis) . Lily family. May, June. 
A perennial with leafless stem (scape) averaging not more 
than a foot in height, rising from a long slender root-stalk and 
topped by an irmbel of several bell-Shaped yellowish flowers, 
nearly an inch long, with six spreading perianth-segments, and 
six prominent stamens. The leaves, shorter than the stem, are 
large, oblong, or egg-shaped, without teeth. Named after 
Governor Clinton of New York. 
Yellow Star Grass {Hypoxis hirsuta). Amaryllis family. 
May to October. 
A delicate upright plant a few inches high with leafless slender 
stem (scape) bearing one to four flowers. The plant rises from 
a solid bulb (corm) with many rootlets. The perianth of the 
flower has six pointed divisions, under one-half inch long, yellow 
inside, greenish outside ; stamens six. The leaves are linear, long, 
with fine hairs. Common in meadows and open woody places. 
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