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Yellow-eyed Grass (Xyris flextwsa). Mayaca family. 

 Ht. abt. I ft.; flowerless stem delicate; flowers in 

 small head; sepals 3; petals 3 with claws; leaves 

 linear, twisted. Bogs. Summer. 



Bl.\ckberry Lily {Belamcanda Chinensis). Iris family. 

 Ht. few ft.; flowers few at end of stem, 6-parted, 

 "light golden orange color mottled with dull 

 magenta spots" (Matthews); leaves long. Late 

 summer. N. Y., South and West. 



19. Leaves alternate, simple, plants without thorns, flowers com- 

 posite, stem angled, nearly smooth. 



Sn'eezeweed. Swamp Sunflower {Helenium autum- 

 nale). Composite family. 

 Max. ht. 6 ft.; rays drooping, wedge-shaped, with 

 several notches in the end; disk globular, yellow; 

 leaves mostly toothed, lancc-shapcd to egg-shaped. 

 Banks and wet ground. Late summer and autumn. 



20. Same as ig, but stems silky or hairy. 



Black-eyed Susan {Rudbeckia hirta). Composite 

 family. 

 Max. ht. 2 ft.; rays about 12, long, disk brown, 

 conical; leaves not toothed, upper oblong or lance- 

 shaped, without stalks, lower spoon-shaped, with 

 stalks. Spring, summer. 



Rough Hawkweed {Hieracium scabrum). Composite 

 family. 

 Low plant; stem rough, hairy, leafy; flower-heads 

 like small dandelions; flower-stalks stout; leaves 

 inversely egg-shaped, nearly without teeth, hairy. 

 Dry woods. Summer. 



Golden Aster {Chrysopsis Mariana). Composite 

 family. 

 Ht. 1-2 ft.; stem silky; flower-heads in corymb, 

 rather large; leaves narrowly oblong, mostly toothed. 

 Dry ground. Late summer. 



