loo FLOWERS OF LAKES, RIVERS, ETC. 



The scapes arc downy, one or more, iItc Howerheads liiii^lil yellow, 

 and erect in Ijloom and in Iniil, droopinL;' in Inid and after (lowering^. 

 The scapes are covered by numerous oblong-, closely pressed, smooth 

 scales or bracts. The involucral bracts are in one row, with few outer 

 shorter ones. The ray llorels are in many rows, narrow, ligulate, the 

 disk llorels being Ijell-shajjcd, with 5 teeth. The stigma is club-shaped, 

 the arms uniiinl below, papillose, with :: small cones. The anthers 



Coltsfoot ( Tiissi/nffo Furt'iim, L. ) 



Phoio. n. Haiilcy 



have n(.> tails. In the ray llorets the fruit is nearl\- c\ lindrical, that of 

 the disk florets imperfect, with pappus in one row. The ])appus is 

 snowy-white, soft, forming a globular clock when fullv e.xpandetl. and 

 readily dispersed when ripe. The hairs are slender, rough. 



Coltsfoot is scarcely more than 6 in. in height in llower. Ihe 

 llowers bloom in March and April. The Coltsfoot is a herbaceous 

 perennial plant, propagated by division. 



The solitary yellow flowerheads or capitula are \ery conspicuous in 

 the spring, being 20-25 mm. across when outspread, and have a distinct 

 and strong smell, which with the honey they contain renders them 

 especially attracti\'e to early tlying insects at a time when few Howers, 



