l'J8 COMl'Oslli- 1'AMILY. 



37. ERIGERON, FLKAP.ANK. (Name of Greek words, for .sy/r/w// ami 



old HUin, suggested probably l>v the hoarv appearance of some vernal species.) 

 ERIGERON -i i.< K'SIM <>f Oregon i- occasionally cultivated a.- a garden 



JUT. n;,ial, U TIIOIV showy than any of the follow in;:, which arc the common 



wild species of the country. 



1. IiUi/S cun.ijiii-iHiitx : In ails innri' <ir Ass COrijmbed 1 xt< m i i'<'-t. 



* Ilui/s jmrjih or iiiu-jili-li, very numerous (">"- 15o) . /ifij^mx ximfde. 11 

 E. Philadelphicum, ('<>M-J<>X !". Low -rounds : -2 hij:h, rather hairy, 

 with oblong mostlv entire and partly cla-piiu stem-leaves, sputuiute and tonthcd 

 root-leaves, and si-vi-ral liead-; ; tlic ra_\ > very many and narrow, pale reddish- 

 purple : (1. .-unnner. 

 E. bellidif61ium, DAISV-I.KAVLI. F. or ROBIN'S PLANTAIN. M"i-t 



Around, sot't-liairy, 1 -2 liiu r h. with a Hustrr of ratli;-r lar-f nuindish n.nt- 

 IIMVCS lyiiiir Mat mi the ground, tin- stnn-Ieux cs ratlirr fi-\v and small; head- 

 1 -'.) an'd Inn- ],, -dniicii-d, rather lar-c, with ahont 50 liia-ar li-lit bluish-purple 

 rays : rl. lute spring. 



* * Jim/s ir/u'/i, fit/;/ illicit .)!), rnliur In-null : /m/>/>/ts sii/i/ilc. 11 



E. Vemum. Lo\v urmiii'l- from Virginia S. ; smooth, with oval or spatu- 

 hil,' leave.- all at the rout, s...ider scape l- ^ hi-h, with a lew small heads : 

 tl. spring. 



* * * luii/a irli/ti or IK nrlii so, 50 or more, iHirnur : ;//</wx <I "iiti r of a 



row /' miii'it, chajj lies or littl< scales. i 



E. Strig6sUin, SMAI.I.KK I)AISV-FI.KAI:AM:. l-'i-vis : 2 - 4 liii^li, 

 smouthish, or roujrliish with minute elo-e-pre-.-ed hair;; leaves entire, the 

 lower spatulate and slender-iietioled, tlie upper lancco.atc ; rays pretty long : 

 II. all stimmer. 



E. annuum, LAKOKR DAISV-FI. I:\I-.AM:. Kields and waste plaee> ; a 

 (oniinoii weed, :{ - 5 liijrli. hrair !i :! above, roughish witli spreading hair-; 

 i ova; or lance ovate, tii. 1 Imv. i- ones eoar.-ely tootlu-d ; rays rather short, 

 often tinned with purple: tl. all SUI:;::I.T. 



5^2. J!/n/* in'" tous, scara cylindrical bell-shaped involucre 



inn! I. a .. ;.. 'i /"'," - OllS, in tini'-i l!iu:i nnc run'. 



E. CanadcilSC, IIi>i:si:\\'!:Ei) or I>; i i I:KWI:KI). A common weed in waste 

 or cult, ground, liri.-tiy hairy; with erect strict stem l-5 hi'Ji, linr:;r leaves, 

 i the lowest ones cut-lobed, an.l very sin. ill panie'ed head> ol' whitish Mowers, 

 all stimmer. i 



38. BOLTONIA. (Named for ./. Do'ton, an Kn-li-li hotanist.) Wild 

 ]i!ant of low ground- S. ci \V., ivsemlilin^ Asters except in the akem-s and 

 pappus: ray-i'.tr.V'T.^ hlue-jiurplo or nearly white; disk-flowers yellow; in 

 autumn. 2/ 



B. diffusa, of [|]in.ii< ,v S., has small heads loosely panicled on the slender 

 open hrunchc.-, \\hieh hear .~mall awl-sha|icil leaves, those of the stem lance- 

 linear ; pappus of >everal liri-tles and L' short a\\ us. 



B. glastifdlia, from IVnn. S. ^ \\' ., ha- f.-wer larger and corymhed heads, 

 lanceolate |iartly erect leaves, hroadly win-",| akene-, and '2 or.'! siiort awns in 

 the pappus. 



B. asteroides, from IVnn. S., le<s common, is verv like the last, but 

 with narrow margins to the akenes and no awns (onlv a few short bristles) in 

 the pappus. 



39. BRACHYCOME. (Name in Creek means short /<//?, from the pap- 

 pus, in which re-peet mainly it ditfers from the 1 )aUy-!_ r cnn>. ) 



B. iberidifblla, cult. for ornament, from Australia, has slender branching 

 Stems nearly 1 hiuh. ]Hiuiately purled leaves with \ery slender divisions, and 

 handsome heads with violet-blue ray-flowers and .similar or darker purple 

 ventiv, produced all summer. (I) 



