YELLOW OR YELLOWISH FLOWERS 43 



YELLOW-EYED GRASS (Xyris flexuvsa). Mayaca family. 

 Ht. abt. i ft.; flowerless stem delicate; flowers in 

 small head; sepals 3 ; petals 3 with claws ; leaves 

 linear, twisted. Bogs. Summer. 



BLACKBERRY LILY (Belamcanda Chinensis). Iris family. 

 Ht. few ft.; flowers few at end of stem, 6-parted, 

 "light golden orange color mottled with dull 

 magenta spots" (Matthews); leaves long. Late 

 summer. N. Y., South and West. 



19. Leaves alternate, simple, plants without thorns, flowers com- 

 posite, stem angled, nearly smooth. 



SNEEZEWEED. SWAMP SUNFLOWER (Helenium autum- 



nale). Composite family. 



Max. ht. 6 ft.; rays drooping, wedge-shaped, with 

 several notches in the end; disk globular, yellow; 

 leaves mostly toothed, lance-shaped to egg-shaped. 

 Banks and wet ground. Late summer and autumn. 



20. Same as 19, but stems silky or hairy. 



BLACK-EYED SUSAN (Rudbeckia hirta). Composite 



family. 



Max. ht. 2 ft.; rays about 12, long, disk brown, 

 conical; leaves not toothed, upper oblong or lance- 

 shaped, without stalks, lower spoon-shaped, with 

 stalks. Spring, summer. 



ROUGH HAWKWEED (Hieracium scabrum). Composite 



family. 



Low plant; stem rough, hairy, leafy; flower-heads 

 like small dandelions; flower-stalks stout; leaves 

 inversely egg-shaped, nearly without teeth, hairy. 

 Dry woods. Summer. 



GOLDEN ASTER (Chrysopsis Mariana). Composite 



family. 



Ht. i2 ft.; stem silky; flower-heads in corymb, 



rather large ; leaves narrowly oblong, mostly toothed. 



Dry ground. Late summer. 



