CHICORY FAMILY. Clcoriaceae. 



each bearing a single, handsome, bright yellow flower, 

 from one to two inches across, which is succeeded by a 

 beautiful silvery seed puff. This plant has many common 

 names, such as Blow-ball, Monk's-head, Lion's-tooth, etc. 

 There are a great many kinds of Crepis, natives of the 

 northern hemisphere. 



This is a pretty plant, for the gray- 



Hage SGtS ff the yell W flowers ' 

 Cripis occidentals lt is f rom six . to eighteen inches high, 

 Yellow more or less hairy or downy all over, with 



Spring, summer O ne or several, stout, branching, leafy 

 , e c. stems, and thickish leaves, variously cut, 



mostly jagged like Dandelion leaves, with crisp margins, 

 dark bluish-green in color and often covered on the under 

 side with obscure white down, the root-leaves narrowed to 

 leaf-stalks at the base. The flower-heads are about an inch 

 across, with bright yellow rays, the involucre sprinkled 

 with short, dark hairs. This grows on dry plains, as 

 far east as Colorado. 



This is a weed from Europe, growing in 

 Smooth Hawks- _ , 

 beard fields and waste places, in the East and on , 



Crtpis vlrens the Pacific Coast. It is a smooth plant, 

 Yellow from one to two feet tall, with green leaves 



Summer the ghape of rj arjc jeHon leaves, chiefly in a 



Cal.) Ureg., etc. , , , _ 



bunch at the root. The many, small, 



yellow flowers, each about a quarter of an inch long, are in 



a loose cluster at the top of the stem. This is very variable. 



A handsome and conspicuous plant, 



often forming large clumps, from one to 

 Crtpis acumm&ta 

 Yellow three feet tall, with dull green, downy, 



Spring, summer rather leathery leaves, irregularly slashed 

 West, except an d cut, and large clusters of light bright ' 



* yellow flowers, each about three-quarters 



of an inch across. This grows on hillsides and on high dry 

 mesas. 



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