302 YELLOW TO ORANGE 



MANY-FLOWERED HAWKS BEARD 



Crepis elegans. Composite Family 



Stems: many from a tap-root, diffusely branched. Leaves: entire, or 

 nearly so, radical ones spatulate, cauline ones lanceolate to linear. 

 Flowers : in small numerous-clustered heads. Fruit : achenes linear-fusi- 

 form, minutely scabrous on equal narrow ribs, attenuate into a short 

 slender beak ; pappus copious of very slender white bristles. 



The Hawksbeards are all yellow, and their rays are squared 

 and finely toothed at the tips, a characteristic which enables 

 the traveller to at once distinguish them from the Arnicas, 

 to which they bear a strong resemblance. 



The Hawksbeards are not very pretty or very interesting 

 flowers, yet they contribute their share of golden strands to 

 Nature's summer carpet. 



C. 7iana, or Alpine Hawksbeard, is a small alpine species 

 that grows at an altitude of 8000 feet, on barren rocky 

 ground. It is a tiny plant, forming tufts and bearing many 

 clusters of small flowers. 



C. runcinata, or Naked-stemmed Hawksbeard, has a cluster 

 of long-shaped leaves at the base, and slim, almost leafless 

 stems, terminating in single yellow flowers. It grows in moist 

 soil. 



HAIRY HAWKWEED 



Hiej'aciiDn Sco2ileri. Composite Family 



Pubescent with long crisp hairs, pale green. Stems: one to two feet 

 high, very leafy. Leaves : lanceolate, sessile. Flowers : in a loose irregular 

 panicle ; involucral bracts imbricated in two or three series ; rays truncate, 

 five-toothed at the apex. 



A lovely plant ! The pale green stems, leaves, and buds, 

 thickly clothed with fine silvery hairs, and the brilliant golden 

 flowers form an exquisite contrast, delighting the eye of the 

 traveller. This Hawkweed is comparatively rare in the 

 mountains. 



