Wild Flowers East of the Rockies 341 



CURVED-LEAVED GOLDEN ASTER (Chrysopsis 



falcata) is a very beautiful species with a silvery, 

 woolly stem 4 to 10 inches high, closely crowded 

 with stiff, linear, downy, slightly recurved leaves. 

 The golden-yellow flowers spread about an inch; the 

 tubular florets in the center have a brownish orange 

 tinge but the numerous straps or ray-flowers are the 

 brightest of orange-yellow. This species loves dry 

 sandy soil and is most abundant near the coast from 

 Cape Cod to the pine barrens of New Jersey. It may 

 be found in bloom from the latter part of July until 

 September. 



GOLDEN ASTER (Chrysopsis mariana) is, as one 

 would judge from its species name, very partial to 

 the seacoast, where it may be found in profusion in 

 dry sandy places and along roadsides. 



It is to me, an even more beautiful species than the 

 preceding. It is a larger, more rugged plant, growing 

 from 1 to 2 feet tall. The stem is quite branchy and 

 is rather closely set with lance-shaped stemless, gray- 

 green leaves. The flowers, however, are just a trifle 

 smaller than those of the last species; they grow in 

 rather loose, flat-topped clusters, each head being on 

 a rather long, slightly sticky peduncle. The tubu- 

 lar and ray florets proceed from a bell-shaped involu- 

 cre composed of closely overlapping bracts, a forma- 

 tion quite characteristic of members of this family. 

 This species is not as closely confined to the im- 

 mediate seashore as is the last and may even be 

 found in dry woods. Its period of bloom is during 

 August and September and it ranges from N. Y. and 

 Pa. southwards to Pla. and La. 



Another species (C. villosa), with hairy stems and 

 leaves, is found on dry plains and prairies from Man- 

 itoba southwards to the Gulf. 



