. Flowers of the field and forest [microform]. Fleurs sauvages; Botany; Botanique; Wild flowers. Fin. ,AZIXr, star ok T,Altf:|-, BUTTON SNAKEROOT. (Fi«. XCV., 2) of tulmlrir flowrr~ (tlB. XCV., 3) aru clo^ly clusttTeil at tiio top of the »tcm. Etch purple blow»m lim the diitinEuishing charactcristirs of the fanijy and there is no differentiation into ray and disc flowers. The brandies of the â¢tyle are very long and the pappm ia com- lioscd of hairy bristles. Matris punetiita, the dotted button-snakeroot, is even more common from tlie Lake of tlie Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
. Flowers of the field and forest [microform]. Fleurs sauvages; Botany; Botanique; Wild flowers. Fin. ,AZIXr, star ok T,Altf:|-, BUTTON SNAKEROOT. (Fi«. XCV., 2) of tulmlrir flowrr~ (tlB. XCV., 3) aru clo^ly clusttTeil at tiio top of the »tcm. Etch purple blow»m lim the diitinEuishing charactcristirs of the fanijy and there is no differentiation into ray and disc flowers. The brandies of the â¢tyle are very long and the pappm ia com- lioscd of hairy bristles. Matris punetiita, the dotted button-snakeroot, is even more common from tlie Lake of tlie Woods to the Rocky Mountains. Ail the leoves are narrow and the heads of llowors, hiimI- ler than those of tJie last species destribed are sessile and crowded into a dense spike' Quile unlike the thistle like IiI<i.«,^ of the blazing star are of the grace- ful lion's foot or white ttttuce. Nab;ilim serpentarius. From 'to Lake Huron this composite displays its clusters of ilroopinK, creamy, boll shaped (lower- heads, durinK the autumn months. A stout or slender smooth st»m bears a number of leaves most variable in outline, but fre- quently ileeply loliod (l''i|t. XCVl 1) Imi, li IK'-ndulons head (Ki«. X(;\' ^i . from eight to twelve flowers, in an involuire of coloured bracts, each lilo.^im havinjc a -strap-shaped corolla (Fi;:. .\('\'l 3), and light-lirown color.'d :m!iiiu-". nattlesnake-root, Mabalus , occurs in' open grounds and along the borders of woods from Newfoundland to the Saskat- chewan. It,s ^ r**«-mble tho:sc of the lion's foot, but its fiowcf-heads are amallrr and more fragrant, and the pappus is a dark cinnamon brown. The last character- istic furnishes an ea-sy means ot distinguish ing It from the toll »mte lettuce, Maba- |. XCVI U0\'.«F0OT 01! OFTIIKKAKTir. luB altiwimua, which hm similar heads hut a light straw-coloured pappus. The l».t i-pecies eitfnds from Newfoundland to ^fj^nltoba All
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