COMPOSITE 



But out in the open, it is a different story. On a cloudy 

 day, when the grey-blue colouring is exceptionally deep, 

 a whole field of Chicory amid the waving grasses, stretch- 

 ing even to the sombre background of Barker bushes, is a 

 sight fit for the gods. 



COMPOSITE COMPOSITE FAMILY 



Leontodon antwnncilis, L. var. pratensis, (Link.) Koch. 



Yellow Fall Dandelion, Lionx-tooth, 



Hawkbit, Dog Dandelion, 



June-November Arnica, Arnica Bud. 



August Flower. 



Leontodon: from Greek, a lion and a tooth, in allusion to 

 the toothed leaves. French, tooth of a lion (dent-de-lion). 



Autumnalis: Latin for the season of increase, which is the 

 Autumn. 



Pratensis: Latin for belonging in a field. 



THE PREFERRED HABITAT: streets of the town, open places. 



THE PLANT: erect, six inches to two feet high; the flower- 

 stems hairless or very nearly so, usually branched and 

 scaly. 



THE LEAVES: basal; narrowly oblong to linear-lanceolate; 

 with a few short, soft hairs; acuminate at the apex; nar- 

 rowed at the base into rather short petioles; pinnatifid or 

 some of them coarsely dentate. 



THE FLOWER HEADS: several, about one inch broad or 

 more; on peduncles thickened at the top; involucre ob- 

 long, hairless or with short, soft hairs. 



THE FRUIT: achenes; pappus tawny, a row of equal 

 bristles. 



In fields and along roadsides, in town or out, but more 

 frequently in grassy places along the streets, are found 



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