. Familiar features of the roadside; the flowers, shrubs, birds, and insects. Natural history. 204 FAMILIAR FEATURES OF THE ROADSIDE. ing from one to tliree feet liigh, bearing at the top a someTrhat flat flower cluster. The leaves are lance- shaped or oblong, acute, and sparingly coarse-toothed ; the uppermost leaves slightly clasp the stem. I have found this flower in bloom in northern ISTew Hampshii-e in August. Hieracium. scabru'm is a roughish, hairy stemmed species with a stout, simple stalk two to three feet high, having reversed egg-shaped or oval leaves without teeth, and a nar- row c
. Familiar features of the roadside; the flowers, shrubs, birds, and insects. Natural history. 204 FAMILIAR FEATURES OF THE ROADSIDE. ing from one to tliree feet liigh, bearing at the top a someTrhat flat flower cluster. The leaves are lance- shaped or oblong, acute, and sparingly coarse-toothed ; the uppermost leaves slightly clasp the stem. I have found this flower in bloom in northern ISTew Hampshii-e in August. Hieracium. scabru'm is a roughish, hairy stemmed species with a stout, simple stalk two to three feet high, having reversed egg-shaped or oval leaves without teeth, and a nar- row cluster of many small flower heads which are thickly clothed with dark, glandiilar bristles. Tliis is a very common species of dry, open woods, and it frequently appears on the shady roadside. We now come to the last sec- tion of importance in the Composite family, the tall Prenanthes. The commonest member of this group, lion's foot or gall of the earth (Prenanthes serpentaria), we are quite sure to meet in some shady stretch of the highway. This weed bears pret- ty, drooping, bell-sliaped flowers, variously colored with green, dull purple, and dull yellow-white. The. Hieracium Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Mathews, F. Schuyler (Ferdinand Schuyler), 1854-1938. New York, D. Appleton and Company
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