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Fig. 222 (196). 



Daisy Fleabane Erigeron annuus (L.) 

 Pers. A rather slender, erect, leafy biennial, 

 20-150 cm. higli, beset with spreading hairs, 

 lower leaves ovate, mostly obtuse, coarsely 

 toothed, upper narrower, sharply toothed, mar- 

 ginal flowers very numerous, white or tinged 

 with purple. Study well and compare with 

 Erigeron ramosus. The achenes are so nearly 

 like those of E. raynosvs that it did not seem 

 worth while (o make drawings of tlic species. 



A native weed; especially abundant in thin 

 grass land. 



Fig. 223 (196). 



Daisy Fleabane. Erigeron rainosus (Walt.) 

 B. S. P. Slender, erect, biennial, pubescence 

 closely appressed, 60-150 cm. high; stem- 

 leaves narrow, mostly entire, closely resembles 

 E. annus with which carefully compare; found 

 together in similar places, though this species 

 likes sandy and gravelly soil. Stem smaller 

 and more simple than the preceding, witti 

 smaller heads but longer rays. 



