COMPOSITE FAMILY. Composiias. 



Dull cream quite prominent and cream-colored. The 



color smooth, deep green leaves are varied in 



ugus -- form, the lower ones broad, three-sided, 



September ^ ' , , , 



and remotely toothed, the upper ones 



deeply cut, and the uppermost lance-shaped with two 



small lateral lobes or none at all. The smooth stem is 



stiff, round, and generally dull, deep magenta-tinted. 



with a bloom. 2-4 feet high. Common in thin woods 



northward, and south to Ga. and Ky. 



A similar smooth species, the stem of 

 Lion's=foot or ^yhich is green and without a bloom. The 

 Gall of the leaves also very variable, a trifle roughish, 



Prenanthes ^^^ shaped (but more angularly) like those 

 serpeiitaria of P. ciWa. The flower-cluster is inclined 

 Dull cream to be somewhat flat-topped, and the pen- 

 ^*''**'' dulous, bell-shaped, dull cream-colored 



September flowers are enclosed in a somewhat bristlj', 



hairy, green envelop, v^'hich is sometimes 

 a trifle magenta-tinted. The curled branches of the 

 style are slender and prominent, as in all the Prenanthes. 

 1-3 feet higli, usually 2 feet. In thickets, or dry sandy 

 ground, Mass. (rare) and N. Y., south to Ala. and Fla. 

 P. trifoliolata, var. nana (Fernald), confined to alpine 

 summits of N. Eng. (Mt. Katahdin) and N. Y., has deep 

 madder brown flowers and variously shaped leaves. 

 4-12 inches high. 



A tall, generally smooth species, with a 

 Tall White green or magenta-tinged stem. The leaves 

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Prenanthes (except the uppermost) variously shaped 



altissima but long-stalked. The numerous narrow, 



Dull cream pendulous, dull cream-colored flowers with 

 *^*''**'' a smooth green envelop, are borne in a 



Seotember narrow terminal spike, or in small clusters 



at the leaf-angles. 3-7 feet high. In 

 woodlands and thickets, northward, and south to Ga. 



A dwarf species with stout, ruddy stem, 

 ^J^^^!"*''""^ large flower-heads, and thick, narrow, 



variously shaped leaves. Flowers whitish 

 and fragrant, enclosed within a dull magenta-tinged en- 

 velop. 4-12 inches high. Alpine summits of N. Y. and 

 N. Eng. Found on Mt. Washington, Oakes's Gulf. 



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