SUNFLOWER FAMILY. Composltae. 



There are a good many kinds of Helenium, natives of 

 North and Central America. 



A handsome plant, with a roughish stem, 

 HeUnium trom two to four feet tall, and toothless, 



Bigeldwii rather coarse leaves, rougher on the under- 



Yellow side, the lower part of the leaf grown to the 



autumn stem alon g its middle in a curious way. The 

 flowers are from an inch and a half to two 

 inches across, with bright golden-yellow rays and a rich- 

 brown center, powdered with yellow pollen, and the bud- 

 ding flower heads look like brown buttons. This grows in 

 meadows and along streams, at moderate altitudes, and is 

 found in Yosemite. 



Hymenopdppus A pretty and rather unusual-looking 

 luteus plant, with a cluster of root-leaves, gray- 



Yellow green and downy, cut into many fine 



Summer . . . yt J 



Ariz., New Mex., divisions, and slender stems, about a foot 

 Col., Utah tall, with two or three, narrow, alternate, 



toothless leaves, and bearing at the top a few pretty, 

 bright yellow flower-heads, nearly an inch across, with 

 tube-shaped flowers only. This grows in dry, open places. 



There are many kinds of Madia, sticky, heavy-scented 

 herbs, commonly called Tarweed and called Madi in Chili. 

 They are used medicinally by Spanish-Californians. 



Pretty flowers, with hairy stems, from 

 Common Madia, . . , ^ . .*/ < 



Tarweed S1X incnes to three feet tall, and velvety or 



Madia elegans hairy leaves, more or less sticky and the 

 Yellow upper ones alternate. The flowers grow 



Summer, autumn - j clusters and are from one to over 

 West 



two inches across, with bright yellow rays, 



sometimes with a spot of maroon at the base which gives 

 an extremely pretty effect, and a yellow or maroon center. 

 This often makes pretty patches of color in sandy places, 

 and is widely distributed and very variable. Woodland 

 Madia, M. madioides, is similar, but not so pretty. 



A slender plant, over a foot tall, with 

 Gum-weed 



Madia dissitiflbra naiI T stem and leaves, which are aromatic 

 Yellow when crushed, and rather pretty little 



Summer flowers, about half an inch across, with 



pale yellow rays, yellow centers specked 

 with black, and sticky-hairy involucres. This grows along 

 roadsides and the edges of woods. 

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