SUNFLOWER FAMILY. Compositae. 



heads from an inch to an inch and a half across, with 

 yellow rays and hairy involucres. This grows along the 

 coast in California, blooming in May and June. 



There are several kinds of Bahia, natives of western 

 North America, Mexico, and Chile, herbs or shrubs, more 

 or less woolly. 



Bahia This is from eight to fifteen inches tall, 



Bahia absinthi- with pretty flowers, an inch and a half 

 folia across, with bright yellow rays and deep 



Yellow yellow centers, contrasting well with the 



ArizoB P a * e 8 ra y~g reen fohage, which is covered 



with close white down. This grows in 

 arid situations on the mesas and often forms clumps. 



There are several kinds of Crassina, natives of the United 

 States and Mexico. 



Desert Zinnia Nothing could look much less like a 



Crassina pumila garden Zinnia than this dry, prickly-looking 

 (Zinnia] dwarf shrub. It is from three inches to a 



Wh | te foot high, the branches crowded with very 



Arizona sma11 ' stiff ' dul1 green leaves and the 



flowers are about an inch across, rather 

 pretty but not conspicuous, with a yellow center and four 

 or five, broad, cream-white rays, often tinged with dull pink. 

 This plant grows on the plains and is a "soil-indicator," as 

 it flourishes on the poorest, stoniest, and most arid land. 



Charming flowers, with a thrifty, 

 cultivated appearance like that of a garden 

 multiradiata flower. The plant is a foot tall, with 



Yellow grayish-green, woolly stems and foliage, 



Spring, summer, an d the handsome flower is an inch and a 



Southwest Tex ^ a ^ across w * tn a & ne ruffle of many 

 bright yellow rays, prettily scalloped, 

 and a yellow center, rather deeper in color. In Arizona 

 bouquets of these flowers may be gathered during every 

 month in the year. 



Baileya An ^ little desert P lant about SIX 



paudradiata inches tall, with a thickish stem and soft, 



Yellow thickish leaves, covered all over with 



silky, white wool, giving a pale, silky 

 effect to the whole plant, which is quite 



pretty, though the pale yellow flowers, each about half an 



inch across, are not striking. 



552 



