CHICORY FAMILY. Cicoriaceae. 



There are a good many kinds of Agoseris, natives of 

 western and southern North America and of southern 

 South America. 



A pretty perennial plant, about fourteen 



LaT^flowered incheS taU ' with a slender ' sli g htl Y woolly 

 Agoseris ' flower-stem, springing from a pretty 



AgSseris glauca cluster of smooth bluish-green leaves, 

 Yellow sometimes toothless, and bearing a hand- 



maid \d w h some Bright yellow flower, from one to two 

 etc> ' *' inches across, the involucre often covered 



with white wool. This grows on dry 

 slopes, as far east as Colorado. 



There are a good many kinds of Malacothrix, natives of 

 the western and southwestern United States. 



A very attractive plant, with several 



Malacothrix * 



glabrata flower-stalks, from six inches to a foot 



Yellow tall, springing from a pretty feathery tuft 



Spring of bright green root-leaves, cut into 



Southwest, Nev., almost threadlike divisions and often 

 tinged with deep red. The handsome 

 flowers are nearly two inches across, clear very pale 

 yellow, shading to brighter color towards the middle. 

 This is common on open plains in southern California, 

 where it passes almost gradually into M. Calif arnica, which 

 is similar, but conspicuously woolly when young, covered 

 with very long, soft hairs. 



-_.', A smooth plant, with a "bloom," from 



Snake's Head _ 



Malacothrix ^ ve ^ slx teen inches high, often branching 



Cduiteri from the base, the leaves cut into wavy 



White lobes, with no leaf -stalk. The handsome 



? p "? g . flowers are about an inch across, white, 



California .,..,. . ' 



turning pink in fading, the involucres 



with shining, papery, green and white bracts. This is one 

 of the most conspicuous annuals in the San Joaquin Valley. 

 M. saxatilis, the Cliff Aster, is a handsome perennial, 

 common in southern California and often growing on sea- 

 cliffs. It has a leafy branching stem, from one to four feet 

 high, the leaves toothless, or cut into slender divisions, and 

 often quite fleshy, and many pretty flowers at the ends of 

 the branches. They are each about an inch across, white, 

 changing to pink or lilac, with an involucre of many narrow 

 bracts, running down the flower-stalk. This is common in 



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