(A) Golden Ragwort (tSenecio aureus). In latter 
March and early April, Ragwort shows simply a tuft 
of stemmed, heart-shaped leaves, resembling those of vio¬ 
lets. A little later a stem ascends from the perennial 
root; a slender, tough, angular, twisting stem that 
finally reaches heights of 1 to 3 feet. During May and 
June, they carry at their summit a loose cluster of 
bright, orange-yellow flowers. Each flower is composed 
of but 8 to 12 narrow, orange-yellow rays, surrounding 
a central cluster of tubular florets of brownish-orange. 
The stem leaves are chiefly sessile, deeply cut or pin- 
natifid. Ragwort grows most abundantly and most 
luxuriantly in swamps or moist ground, but is also 
found in dry places or stony pastures. Its range ex¬ 
tends from. .Newfoundland to Wisconsin and southwards. 
(B) Arnica ( Arnica mollis). The slightly hairy 
stem grows from 1 to 2 feet tall. The basal leaves are 
long-petioled but the stem ones are sessile and opposite, 
shallow toothed. At the summit are one to nine flower 
heads or>. slender peduncles. About the central disc are 
10 to 11 yellow rays, each with three notches in their 
ends. Canada and the mountains of northern U. S. 
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