YELLOW AND ORANGE 185 



FERN-LEAVED FALSE FOXGLOVE: 



Gerdrdia pedicularia. 

 Figwort Family. Aug. — Sept. 



A plant 1—3 feet high, found in borders of 

 dry woods, thickets. Maine to Ontario, Minne- 

 sota, and West Virginia. 

 Flowers — Yellow, bell-shaped, with 5 spreading, 

 rounded lobes, 1 inch or more across, 

 somewhat finely hairy. 

 Leaves — Fern-like, deeply cut into many toothed 

 lobes. Plant stem leafy, branching, 

 somewhat sticky-hairy. 



GOLDEN ASTER : Chrysopsis maridna. 



Composite Family. Aug. — Oct. 



Found in dry, sandy soil. Gulf of Mexico, 



north to Pennsylvania and Long Island. 



Flower-heads — Yellow, aster-like, nearly 1 inch 



across, in loose, spreading clusters. 

 Leaves — Oblong, seated on stem, toothless. 

 Leaves and plant stem silky-hairy when 

 young, becoming smooth with age. 



GOLDEN-ROD. The golden-rods are familiar 

 to~e'verybne. They comprise a very extensive 

 group, with many intergrading forms, and none 

 but students care to puzzle out the different spe- 

 cies. 



