204 FAMILIAR FEATURES OF THE ROADSIDE. 



ing from one to tliree feet liigh, bearing at the top a 

 someTrhat flat flower cluster. The leaves are lance- 

 shaped or oblong, acute, and sparingly coarse-toothed ; 

 the uppermost leaves slightly clasp the 

 stem. I have found this flower in 

 bloom in northern ISTew Hampshii-e 

 in August. Hieracium. scabru'm is a 

 roughish, hairy stemmed species with 

 a stout, simple stalk two to 

 three feet high, having reversed 

 egg-shaped or oval leaves 

 without teeth, and a nar- 

 row cluster of many small 

 flower heads which are 

 thickly clothed with dark, 

 glandiilar bristles. Tliis is a very 

 common species of dry, open 

 woods, and it frequently appears 

 on the shady roadside. 



We now come to the last sec- 

 tion of importance in the Composite family, the 

 tall Prenanthes. The commonest member of this 

 group, lion's foot or gall of the earth (Prenanthes 

 se rpentaria), we are quite sure to meet in some 

 shady stretch of the highway. This weed bears pret- 

 ty, drooping, bell-sliaped flowers, variously colored 

 with green, dull purple, and dull yellow-white. The 



Hieracium Canadense. 



