SOME PRAIRIE FLOWERS 
and many other blossoms of the same gen- 
eral type. The cone shape is best shown by 
the receptacle underneath the florets. The 
purple coneflower is distinguished by its rose- 
colored, drooping rays (“‘ petals ’’) and its dark, 
brownish purple disk which is quite sharp to 
the touch. The stem also is rough, from one 
to three feet high, bears a few narrow leaves, 
and is commonly terminated by a single 
flower, though sometimes bv two or three. 
43. Black- 
eyed Susan: 
Yellow Daisy. 
—Bearsa 
99 
Purrte Cone- 
FLOWER 
handsome flower of the 
sunflower type with about 
14 dark yellow or orange 
rays and a rich purple- 
brown center. The plant 
is quite sturdy, from one to 
two feet 
high, has 
BLACK-EYED SUSANS but few if 
any branches, and only a few long, narrow 
leaves, and is covered throughout with rough, 
bristly hairs. It is quite harmless in the 
Northwestern states, but in the eastern part 
of the country it is a bad weed in hay fields. 
44. Gerardia: Rough Purple Gerardia. — 
Bears pretty flowers, with large purple co- 
rolla that is shaped like a bell with an 
unsymmetrical, 5-lobed rim. There are 4 
GERARDIA 
