- YELLOW OR YELLOWISH FLOWERS 
GROUP II 
Leaves opposite. Flowers with five-lobed corolla. 
Yellow Loosestrife {Lysimachia terresiris). Primrose 
family. July, August. 
A perennial, not over two feet high. The flowers are in a 
long, open raceme, each on a slender flower-stalk; the flower 
(one-third inch broad) has a five-pointed corolla and reddish 
centre. The leaves are narrowly lance-shaped, entire. Com- 
mon in low ground. The generic name is said to have been 
chosen in honor of King Lysimachus of Sicily. 
Smooth False Foxglove {Gerardia virginica). Figwort 
family. July, August. 
An upright perennial, three to six feet high. The flowers are 
arranged along the stem practically in raceme, but with very 
short stalks. Each flower has a yellow, tubular corolla, about 
two inches long, with five unequal rounded lobes. The upper 
leaves have edges sometimes smooth and sometimes cut, the 
lower commonly deeply cut. Rich woods. The generic name 
of this plant was given in honor of the celebrated author of 
" The Herball, or Generall Historic of Plantes. Gathered by 
John Gerarde of London, Master in Chirurgerie." 
Downy False Foxglove {Gerardia flava). Figwort family. 
July, August. 
This is similar to the Smooth False Foxglove, but its stems 
are covered with fine down, it is seldom branched, and the 
leaves are less cut. Open woods. 
Fern-leaved False Foxglove (Gerardia pedicularia) . 
Figwort family. August. 
This annual (or biennial) is similar to the other False Fox- 
gloves, but the leaves are so much cut as to suggest its name. 
Even the lobes of the calyx are finely cut. Dry woods. 
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