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The plant is medicinal. All species of Prenanthes have 

 been used as a remedy for the bites of venomous snakes. 



HIERACIUM L. Hawkweed. 

 Hieracium Pilosella L. (somewhat hairy). 

 Mouse-ear. 



Rare. Dry grassland: Southington (Andrews), Wilton 

 (Miss A. E. Carpenter). May — July. Adventive from 

 Europe. 



Hieracium aurantiacum L. (orange-colored). 



Orange Hawkweed. Devil's Paint-brush. Grim the Collier. 

 Rare, occasional or local. Dry to wet woods, fields and 

 roadsides. June. Naturalized from Euro'pe. 



A bad weed in some parts of northern New England. 



Hieracium floribundum Wimm. & Grab, (many-flowered). 



Rare. Fields and waste ground: Guilford (G. H. Bart- 

 lett), Wallingford (A. W. Evans & Harger), East Haven 

 (Andrews), Cheshire (Bissell), Southington (M. W. Fris- 

 • bie). May — June. Adventive from Europe. 



Hieracium pratense Tausch (of meadows). 

 King Devil. 



Rare. Fields: Norwich (Mrs. E. E. Rogers), Bristol 

 (H. S. Clark & J. N. Bishop), Waterbury (A. E. Blewitt), 

 Stamford (W. H. Hoyt). June. Adventive from Europe. 



Hieracium venosum L. (veiny). 



Rattlesnake-weed. Poor Robin's Plantain. 



Frequent. Dry woods and fields. June — July. 



The var. subcaulescens Torr. & Gray (having a short 

 stem) is occasional with the species. 



The leaves and tops are medicinal. * 



Hieracium paniculatum L. (having an open, branched flower- 

 cluster). 

 Frequent. Dry woods. July — Sept. 



Hieracium marianum Willd. 



Rare. Dry woods: Norwich (Mrs. E. E. Rogers), Frank- 

 lin (R. W. Woodward), Glastonbury (A. W. Driggs). 



