4 BULLETIN 947, IT. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
entire leaves of a deep green color are dotted, have several parallel 
veins, are oblong, lanceolate, sessile, or in the root-leaves spatulate 
with a long tapering base. There may be one or several flower heads. 
The heads are 2 to 3 inches broad, with oblong-lanceolate scales. The 
ray flowers are of an orange color, numerous and fertile, about an 
Fig. l.— Hcleniumhoopesii. Mature plant in blossom. 
inch long; the disk flowers are brownish orange. The seeds are 
numerous and hairy. 
The plant occurs at elevations from 5,200 feet to 12,500 feet, but 
its usual limits are from 7,000 feet to 10,500. It is found in the 
yellow-pine belt, grows abundantly in the aspen and spruce belts, 
