COMPOSITE FAMILY. Composite. 



Wormwood A similar species with a similar environ- 



or Absinth ment. Leaves small and often deeply 

 Artemisia subdivided, covered with fine hairs so the 



Absinthium color is a somewhat silvery green. The 

 insignificant light yellow-green flowers are gathered in 

 a scattering cluster. The long terminal spikes are rather 

 dishevelled and picturesque. 2-4 feet high. 



A delicate, pure yellow, daisylike flower 

 Arnica with 10-14 three-toothed rays, found only 



Chamissonis upon mountain summits of N. Eng. and 

 Pure yellow N. Y., in moist situations. The deep 

 June- green leaves long lance-shaped, slightly 



ep em er toothed, and stemless — at least the upper 

 ones. The hairy stem 1-2 feet high. Also in the Rocky 

 Mountains. Found in Oakes's Gulf, Mt. Washington. 

 Golden An earl y blooming perennial with hand- 



Ragwort some deep golden yellow, daisylike flow- 



Senecio aureus ers (8-12 rays) nearly an inch broad, in 

 Deep gold terminal clusters on the grooved, brown- 



Ma IO Jul streaked stem ; the disc-florets perfect, the 



rays pistillate. The thick root-leaves in 

 early April resemble violet leaves ; they are small, heart- 

 shaped, scallop-toothed, dark green above and magenta- 

 red beneath ; later they become elongated. The long 

 stem-leaves more or less deeply lobed, the uppermost 

 small and clasping the plant-stem. The plant is woolly- 

 hairy when young. 12-32 inches high. Common in wet 

 meadows everywhere. Found at Clarendon Hills, Mass. 

 Senecio Balsamitce is lower, has fewer flowers, and the 

 basal leaves are oblong, with the ruddy lower surfaces 

 sometimes persistently woolly. 



F . . A tall, uninteresting, annual weed with 



Erechtites generally smooth, rank-odored stem and 



hieracifolia leaves. The latter are thin, lance-shaped 

 White or broader, and irregularly toothed or 



" J~ . deeply incised. The stem is full of sap, 



September , , , , . . .„ 



heavy, and grooved ; the insignificant 



flowers are brush-shaped, mostly green by reason of the 

 superior flower-envelop, and tipped with the white of 

 the tubular, fertile florets. 1-7 feet high. Common in 

 bnrned-over clearings or waste places everywhere. 



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