Author: Homer D. House

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-08-03

Total Pages: 426

ISBN-13: 9781333132064

Excerpt from Wild Flowers of New York, Vol. 2 of 2 Stems erect or nearly erect, branching, 1% to 3 feet high, from a peren nial root which Often bears small tubers; the stems smooth or minutely pubescent and more or less angled. Leaves alternate, lanceolate or linear lanceolate, pointed at both ends, on very Short petioles, 1% to 4 inches long. Flowers solitary in the axils of the leaves, each ower one-half to two-thirds of an inch broad, on short stalks; the calyx tube Short, rounded at the base with four ovate, long-pointed lobes about as long as the four yellow petals which fall away very easily when the plant is disturbed. Fruiting capsule smooth and Slightly wing-angled, about one-fourth of an inch high, Opening by an apical pore but finally also dehiscent; many seeded. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."