60 RUDBECKIA FULGIDA. BRILLIANT CONE-FLOWER. 



the good of other members of creation, or even for the future of 

 its own race, beyond its own immediate individual interest. 



Our Rudbeckia fidgida has the general aspect of some of its 

 neighbors, and especially of R. hirta, from which however its 

 smooth chaff is a good distinction. The chaff of R. hirta is hairy 

 at the summit. 



In his "School Botany," Dr. Gray gives a list of "the com- 

 monest species," and as ours is omitted, we may regard it as 

 rare. It is indeed much more limited in its geographical range 

 than some of its kindred, yet one who has seen it so abundandy 

 as it is found in the meadows of Eastern Pennsylvania may well 

 wonder why it has not spread more elsewhere. 



Pennsylvania seems its northern limit. It extends to Central 

 Ohio, and then southwesterly to Arkansas, which is its western 

 line. From this it extends southeasterly to Florida, keeping, 

 Professor Wood says, chiefly to the more elevated districts. 



ExPLy^ NATIONS OF THE PLATE. — I. Root leaves. 2. Upper portion of stem with flowers. 3. 

 Disk floret with akene and chaffy scale at the base. 4. Disk floret opened, showing the 

 short stamens through which the pistil has protruded. Pollen grains on the expanded 

 lobes. 5. Pollen grain magnified. 



