SUNFLOWER FAMILY. Compositae. 



Pentachaeta Gay ' yet delicate little Sowers, with 



Pentachaeta aurea slender branching stems, about eight 

 Yellow inches tall, and light green, very narrow 



Spring ^ leaves. The flowers are an inch across, 



with a feathery ruffle of very numerous 

 narrow rays, light yellow at the tips, growing deeper 

 towards the orange-colored center, and the pretty buds are 

 often tinged with pink or purple. This often grcws in 

 patches and is common in southern California. 



A quaint little desert plant, only two or 

 A^Lle landsa three inches tall, with thickish, pale gray- 

 White green leaves, covered with close white 



Spring down, and pretty little flowers, growing 



Anzona singly at the ends of tiny branches, each 



half an inch across, with a yellow center and pure white 

 rays, which fold back at night. These little flowers are too 

 small to be very conspicuous, but are charming in effect, 

 sprinkled over the bare sand, and when growing in quanti- 

 ties on nearly bare mesas give a whitish appearance to the 

 ground. 



There are a good many kinds of Blepharipappus. 



Very pretty flowers, with slender, 

 Yellow Tidy-tips , , . , . . 



Blepharipappus branching, hairy stems, about a foot tall, 

 tlegans (Layia) and light green, hairy leaves. The flowers 

 Yellow are about two inches across, with yellow 



Spring tipped with white or very pale 



California 



yellow, neatly arranged around the deep 



yellow centers, which are specked with black. The rays 

 twist up in fading and turn to a pretty shade of dull 

 pink. This is common and a very handsome kind. 



A beautiful kind, eight or nine inches 



White Tidy-tips tall with le ^ { leaves, tfa 



Blepharipappus . 



glanduibsus lower ones toothed, and a slender stem, 



(Layia) bearing a charming flower, nearly an 



White inch and a half across, with neat pure 



Spring white rays and a bright yellow center. 



Southwest, Oreg., 



Wash. This grows in mountain canyons and is 



widely distributed as far north as British 

 Columbia. 



There are several kinds of Gaillardia, all American. 

 They are much cultivated in gardens, were named in 

 honor of Gaillard de Merentonneau, a French botanist, 

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