190 COMPOSITE FAMILY. 



G. purptireum, PI-KIM. ISH C. In sand or gravel alon^ ami near the 

 sea-shore: taller, with oblong-spatulaie or lanceolate leave- green above and 

 white-cottony beneath, ami purpli-h head.- in axillary cluster.-, or spiked along 

 the upper part of the stem. 



2. (Jriinminin/ < rni/'i- I M M n: n. i.u.s m the gardens, these in ftrictness named 

 HKLH IIKVSI M, irii/i pistilJote Jlouxrs fewer in- iii a sinyle in<ir<jiinil row. 



G. bracteatum, or HELICIIKYSIM HI; MTKATI M, from Australia : tall, 

 srnoothish or slightlv downy, with lanceolate leaves, large licads terminating the 

 branches and with '.some leaf-like l>racts on the peduncle, the permanent ami 

 very numerous scales of the involucre very showy and petal-like, spreading iu 

 many ranks, golden yellow, and with white varieties. j i 



G". (or H.) macranthum, from Australia, is less tall (l-2 high), with 

 roughish stem and lance-oblong or spatulate leaves green throughout, and the 

 showy solitary heads nearly 2' 'across ; the scales of the involucre rose-red, or 

 white on the upper face. ^ 



16. ANTENNARIA, EVERLASTING, IMMORTELLE. (Name 

 from the eluh-shaped pappus of the stamiuate flowers, which rc.-eniMes the 

 untenniK of certain insects.) Jl 



A. margaritacea, PEAHLY EVERLASTING. Dry fields and woods, 

 especially N., H. in summer: stem ahont 2 high, leafy to the top; the leaves 

 lance-linear ; head- in a broad corymb, the fertile ones with a few imperfect 

 staminate (lowers in the centre ; scales of the involucre pearly white, rounded. 



A. plantaginilolia, PLANTAIN-LEAVED E. Dry knolls and slopes, fl. 

 carlv spring: in patches, spreading by runners and otl'-ct- ; the root-leaves 

 spatulate orobovate and tufted ; flowering stems 4'-*' high, with few and small 

 lanceolate leaves ; head- in a small corymb, the fertile ones with narrow and 

 aeutish, the staminate with white and rounded scale.-. 



17. RHODANTHE. (Name from (ircek words for msr and fl,i-i'r, from 

 the rose-colored pearly head-, which in cultivation are sometimes white.) (\) 



R. Mangldsii, cult, in gardens for ornament, from Australia: a low 

 smooth herb, with oblong and alternate cia-piuu entire leave-, and loosely 

 corymbed showv nodding heads of yellow (lowers, the jicarly involucre obuvate 

 or obconical, smooth, rose or white, very ornamental, in summer. 



18. AMMOBIUM. (Name from Greek words meaning 



A. alatum, of Australia, cult, for ornament : l-3 hi-'li. rather cottony, 

 with root-leaves oblong and tapering downwards into a petiole. -ieni-le:i\ es 

 small and lanceolate, and extended down the 1 branches and stems in the form of 

 leaf-like wings ; heads solitary with pearly white involucre surrounding yellow 

 flowers. 



19. HUMEA. (Named for Lady Hume.) From Australia, cult, for orna- 



ment. i 



H. 61eganS. Tall, 3 -6 hitrh when in flower, with simple stem thickly 

 set with the alternate lance-ovate, and clasping ^recn leaves, the summit branch 

 in^ into a lar^e drooping panicle, its branches sh-mlcr. bearing very numerous 

 and small purplish heads. 



20. VERNONIA, IRON-WEED. (Named for a Mr. }'<mon, of Eng- 

 land, who travelled in this country.) Fl. autumn. T 



V. Noveborac6nsis, NKW TOHK or COMMON IHON-WEED. Near the 

 coast and along rivers: 3 - 6 high, with lanceolate serrate leaves, Crowded 

 along the whole height of the -tern, head* in a broad corymb, and scales of in- 

 volucre with slender awl-shaped or awn-like tip-. 



V. fasciculata, only W. ^ S. in prairies, ^c.. has the scales of involucre 

 blunt and pointless, except perhaps some of the lowest. 



V. angUStlfblia, only S., has narrow linear and more scattered leaves. 



