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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



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Fig. 211, 



Western Tickseed. Bidens aristosa (Mich.) 

 Britton. Annual or biennial, much branched, 

 more or less pubescent, 30-90 cm. high; leaves 

 thin, lobes narrow; lieads numerous, ray flowers 

 «-9, showy; achenes flat, upwardly ciliate 

 bearing two parallel teeth. 



A native found in swamps and wet land. 



Fig. 212 (185). 



Stick-tight. Nodding Bur. Marigold. 



Bidens ccrnua L. Erect, branched, smooth or 

 rough, annual, 20-70 cm. high; leaves narrow, 

 clasping the stem at the ba.'se; heads globose, 

 nodding; ray flowers yellow, 6-10 or more. 



