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likes to grow in fairly moist places and is sometimes quite 
abundant among grass, forming a valuable part of the 
pasture and hay. 
11. Squaw-weed: Golden Ragwort. — 
Has golden-yellow flowers of the composite 
family that are borne at the top of the plant 
in large clusters. The form of the plant, 
especially of the leaves, varies greatly. 
Usually 12 to 20 inches high. 
12. Puccoon. — Here we have a pretty 
AMERICAN VETCH 
colored flowers growing at the top of a very 
leafy stem. 
very pleasant fragrance. The corolla has 
the form of a funnel, its spreading rim hav- 
ing five lobes. There are five stamens 
and one style. In another species the 
flowers are lighter yellow and the leaves 
narrower. Puccoon is the Indian name of 
this flower. 
cluster of small, orange- 
The flowers have a slight but 
13. Blue-eyed Grass. — This pretty Sovaw-weep (a) 
. AND P N (b 
little flower belongs to the ED) 
Iris family, but is very much smaller than its 
cousins, the irises. The plant is only a few 
inches high and grows on moist prairies among 
the grasses. The flowers are of a delicate 
blue color, and the leaves look like blades of 
grass. 
14. Meadow Parsnip. — A harmless plant 
HAREBELL (a) 
AND BLUE-EYED 
Grass (5) 
of the Parsley family having yellow flowers and 
compound leaves. Height from one to two 
feet. Grows in fairly moist places. 
