COXE FLOWER (Rudbtckia calif ornica, Gray). Flower 

 heads composed of both disk and ray florets, the disk brown- 

 purple becoming conical in age, the rays pure yellow, drooping, 

 1 to 2 inches long or even more; the heads solitary on a long 

 flower stalk. Leaves alternate, more or less toothed, ovate to 

 lance-shaped, the upper without footstalks. A somewhat 

 hairy plant with a simple stem 2 to 4 feet high, of frequent 

 occurrence in meadows and in moist ground in the Sierra Ne- 

 vada, including the Yosemite region; blooming in summer. 



A conspicuous feature of the Cone Flower is the conical or 

 cylindrical disk w r hich increases in height with age until it 

 often stands an inch high in the midst of the rays, and some- 

 times as much as 2 inches high. In the mountains of North- 

 ern California and Oregon and eastward to Wyoming is a 

 curious species Rudbeckia occidentdlis, Nutt. in which the 

 rays are wholly wanting, and the brownish disk stands in 

 lonely grandeur 1 to l inches high. The name Rudbeckia 

 was given to this beautiful genus in honor of two Swedish 

 scientists, father and son, named Rudbeck, who preceded Lin- 

 naeus at the University of Upsala. Several species have long 

 been cultivated in European gardens. 



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