Composite Jfainilp. 



Rayless Marigold. Bidens frondom. 



Found in August and September, lying in wait for travellers along 

 roadside ditches and in wet fields. 



The stalk, which grows any height from 2 to 6 feet, bears branches 

 in pairs ; is verj^ leafy, and stout, round, coarse-fibred, and slightly 

 shining. In color, purplish green. 



The leaf is divided into 3 or 5 lance-shaped parts ; the margin is 

 toothed, and the texture is coarse ; it is set on short, ribbed stems, and 

 springs from a noticeable joint, in pairs, at regular intervals along the 

 stalk, and branches. It is dull green in color. 



The flowers are very small, and ragged, of a dull tawny orange ; 

 they are crumpled tightly into a flat head, and sometimes partly sur- 

 rounded by 1 to 3 inconspicuous, little, dull yellow, rays. The head is 

 encircled by small, narrow, green, leaf-like parts of irregular lengths ; it 

 is set on a short green stem. Two or three heads are gathered in a 

 terminal group. 



The cup-like joint of the leaf-stems is worth careful consideration, 

 it is so neatly finished. The seed is dark and shining, and oppres- 

 sively civil in its attentions to heedless wayfarers. 



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