SLENDER AGOSERIS 



Agoseris gracilens (Gray) Kuntze 



The fruiting heads of the various species of Agoseris are much 

 more beautiful and showy than the flowers, which expand only in 

 bright sunlight, and are often small and inconspicuous. In Alpine 

 meadows the fluffy heads are very abundant. As the seeds ripen and 

 are dislodged from the parent stem they are blown by the wind to 

 favorable locations for germination. 



This Agoseris may be found from Colorado northward to Alberta 

 and British Columbia. 



The specimen sketched was obtained in the Douglas Lake Valley, 

 twenty-five miles by trail from Lake Louise Station, Alberta, Canada, 

 at an altitude of 7,000 feet. 



PLATE 89 



