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vs SUNFLOWER FAMILY. Compositae. 
Gay, yet delicate little flowers, with 
Pentachaeta 
Pentachatta aurea Slender branching stems, about eight 
Yellow inches tall, and light green, very narrow 
Spring leaves. The flowers are an inch across, 
California 
with a feathery ruffle of very numerous 
narrow rays, light yellow at the tips, growing deeper 
towards the orange-colored center, and the pretty buds are 
often tinged with pink or purple. This often grcws in 
patches and is common in southern California. 
A quaint little desert plant, only two or 
Daisy Dwarf d : eee 
Actinolépis landsa three inches tall, with thickish, pale gray- 
White green leaves, covered with close white 
Spring down, and pretty little flowers, growing 
Arizona 
singly at the ends of tiny branches, each 
half an inch across, with a yellow center and pure white 
rays, which fold back at night. These little flowers are too 
small to be very conspicuous, but are charming in effect, 
sprinkled over the bare sand, and when growing in quanti- 
ties on nearly bare mesas give a whitish appearance to the 
ground. 
There are a good many kinds of Blepharipappus. 
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Blepharipappus ’ ’ , 
élegans (Layia) and light green, hairy leaves. The flowers 
Head are about two inches across, with yellow 
ea rays, tipped with white or very pale 
yellow, neatly arranged around the deep 
yellow centers, which are specked with black. The rays 
twist up in fading and turn to a pretty shade of dull 
pink. Thisis common and a very handsome kind. 
A beautiful kind, eight or nine inches 
White Tidy-tips tail, with pale green, hairy leaves, the 
Blepharipappus 
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glandulosus lower ones toothed, and a slender stem, 
(Layia) bearing a charming flower, nearly an 
White inch and a half across, with neat pure 
Spring 
white rays and a bright yellow center. 
Southwest, Oreg., : ; : rt 
Wash. This grows in mountain canyons and is 
widely distributed as far north as British 
Columbia. 
There are several kinds of Gaillardia, all American. 
They are much cultivated in gardens, were named in 
honor of Gaillard de Merentonneau, a French botanist. 
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