OX-EYE 



then abruptly narrowed and dccurrent on the petiole, 

 sharply serrate, three to five inches long. 



Flower-heads. — Gold- 

 en yellow, showy, borne 

 on long peduncles, 

 which a,re rather co- 

 rymbose in arrange- 

 ment, one and a half 

 to two and a half 

 inches across; rays, 

 eight to twelve ; pistil- 

 late, fertile, spreading, 

 rather broad. 



Fruit. — Akene with- 

 out attachments ; some- 

 times with a minute 

 coroniform border, 



Ox-Eye is one of 

 the earliest of the 

 wild Sunflowers, for 

 it is found abun- 

 dantly in July. A 

 superb golden yel- 

 low, each stem bearing several flower-heads, it 

 often appears in such numbers as to dominate 

 for a space the roadside pageant. Careless of 



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Leaf of Ox-Eye. Helidpsis helianthoides. 

 3 to 6 in. 



