264* PINK TO MAGENTA 



PURPLE CONE-FLOWER: Brauneria purpurea. 

 Composite Family. July — Sept. 



Found in rich soil. Western Pennsylvania 

 and Virginia to Michigan, Iowa and south- 

 ward. 

 Flower-heads — 15-20 magenta colored, drooping 

 rays, disk madder purple, terminating 

 stem 2-3 feet high. 

 Leaves — More or less toothed, lower ones 5- 

 ribbed, long-stemmed, upper ones 3- 

 veined, stemless. 

 B. pallida. Flowers similar to those of the 

 preceding. Rays slender, drooping. Leaves 

 lance-shaped, rough, narrowed at each end, 3- 

 ribbed, toothless. Michigan and Illinois to 

 Alabama and Texas. 



CROSS-LEAVED MILKWORT: Marsh Milk- 

 wort. Poly gala cruoiata. 



Milkwort Family. July— Sept. 



A plant 3-12 inches high, found on margins of 

 swamps, in low ground. Maine to South 

 Carolina, and from Michigan to Minnesota 

 and Nebraska. 



Flowers — Magenta, white or greenish, tiny, borne 

 in terminal, clover-like heads. 



Leaves — Generally in whorls of 4. Plant stems 

 square, branching. 



