46 WILD FLOWERS AND FRUITS 



heart-shaped on long stalks, lower stem-leaves 

 pinnately divided with large lobe at end, upper 

 lance-shaped, pinnately cut, without stalks or 

 partly clasping. Fields. Common. Early summer. 



Wild Lettuce {Lactuca Canadensis) . Composite family. 

 Ht. several ft. ; involucre cylindrical; heads yellow- 

 ish, drooping in long clusters; lower leaves more 

 or less lobed, all without teeth. Rich ground. 

 Summer and autumn. (See illustration under 

 Whites;). 



Panicled Hawkweed {Hieracium paniculatum) . Com- 

 posite family. 

 Low plant; stem slender; flower-heads like minute 

 dandelions, on slender stalks; leaves lance-shaped, 

 somewhat toothed. Open woods. Summer and 

 early autumn. 



Lion's-foot {Prenanthes serpentaria). Composite family. 

 Ht. 2 ft. ; flower-heads cream-color, resembling 

 wild lettuce (see illustration, White 57), involucre 

 cylindrical, purplish ; flowers in long clusters ; lower 

 leaves ylohed. Roadsides, etc. Summer. 



Rudbeckia laciniata. Composite family. 



Ht. several ft. ; rays long and drooping, disk cone- 

 shaped; leaves pointed, stalked, upper unevenly 

 cut, lower of three or more irregular leaflets. Edges 

 of swamps, etc. Summer. 



Early Golden-rod {Solidago juncea) . Composite family. 

 Max. ht. 4 ft. ; stem rather stout, sometimes 

 branching; flower-heads small in large terminal 

 panicle; leaves smooth, broadly lance-shaped, 

 sharply toothed, the lozcer very large, sometimes i 

 ft. long. Dry ground. Early summer, autumn. 



Blue-stemmed Goldex-rod {Solidago caesia). Com- 

 posite family. 

 Max. ht. 3 ft.; slender bluish stem covered with a 

 bloom; flower-heads small, clustered in axils; 

 leaves broadly lance-shaped, sharply toothed, with- 

 out stalks. Woods. Late summer, autumn. 



