66 FLOWERS OF FIELD, HILL, AND SWAMP 



6i. Swamp-beggarticks 



B)dens connata. — Family, Composite. Color, of disk, yel- 

 lowish. ^/tfZ£/<?/-J-, without rays. Z^az'i?^', with margined petioles, 

 lance-shaped and pointed, more or less divided. 



The achenes or seeds, which adhere to the clothing, are fur- 

 nished with 3 or 4 awns and hairy margins, the hairs turning back- 

 ward and acting like tiny hooks. 



Two feet high or less, with toothed leaves. A plant absolutely 

 without beauty. 



62. Larger Bur-marigold 



B. chrysanthemoides. — Family, Composite. Color, bright, 

 golden yellow. Leaves, undivided, without petioles, lance- 

 shaped, toothed, opposite. Time, August to October. 



The handsomest of the bur-marigolds. It is especially striking 

 in the later days of September and to the middle of October, 

 outlasting many of the golden-rods. The flowers are about two 

 inches across, and nod on rather long peduncles. These plants 

 mass in rich bloom around pools in pastures and in swampy land, 

 often growing quite in water. 2 to 3 feet high. 



63, Swamp-thistle 



Cnlcus muticus. — Family, Composite. Color, dark purple. 

 Leaves, deeply cut, and the divisions very prickly. Time, sum- 

 mer. 



The flower-heads of this species are rather large, and the plant 

 itself is tall, 5 or 6 feet being its average height. 



The scales under the flower are not prickly. Stem smooth, 

 and leaves hairy above. When young, they are webby and woolly 

 underneath. 



64. Cranberry 



Vacclnium Oxycbccus. — Family, Heath. Color, white, 

 with pink tinge. Leaves, small, scale-like, thin, with turned- 

 back margins. 



