THE WOOD SUNFLOWERS 



Leaves. — Ovate or ovate-lance- 

 olate, opposite, or upper alternate, 

 three to eight inches long, one to 

 two inches wide; rough above, some- 

 what downy beneath; acute or acu- 

 minate; sparingly serrate or entire; 

 decurrent more or less on the peti- 

 ole; three-nerved at the base. 



Flower-heads. — Several; rays five 

 to fifteen. Common in dry woods 

 and on banks. 



The two Wood Sunflowers 

 are so similar in general ap- 

 pearance, the book descrip- 

 tions so nearly identical that 

 it is scarcely worth while for 

 an amateur to try to discrimi- 

 nate between them. Both love 

 the half shade of the open wood, 

 and, standing in numbers where Leaf of Wood Sunflower. 

 their bright faces are flecked by 

 the sunlight that filters through the leafy cover, 

 they light up the woodland floor with a soft 

 yellow glow. If a road runs through the wood 

 they crowd to the fence-line, adorable in their 



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