204 FAMILIAR FEATURES OF THE ROADSIDE. 



ing from one to three feet high, bearing at the top a 

 somewhat flat flower cluster. The leaves are lance- 

 shaped or oblong, acute, and sparingly coarse-toothed ; 

 the uppermost leaves slightly clasp the 

 stem. I have found this flower in 

 bloom in northern New Hampshire 

 in August. Hieracium scabrum is a 

 roughish, hairy stemmed species with 

 a stout, simple stalk two to 

 three feet high, having reversed 

 egg-shaped or oval leaves 

 without teeth, and a nar- 

 row cluster of many small 

 flower heads which are 

 thickly clothed with dark, 

 glandular bristles. This is a very 

 common species of dry, open 

 woods, and it frequently appears 

 on the shady roadside. 



We now come to the last sec- 

 tion of importance in the Composite family, the 

 tall Prenanthes. The commonest member of this 

 group, lion's foot or gall of the earth (Prenanthes 

 serpentaria\ we are quite sure to meet in some 

 shady stretch of the highway. This weed bears pret- 

 ty, drooping, bell-shaped flowers, variously colored 

 with green, dull purple, and dull yellow- white. The 



Hieracium Canadense. 



