COMPOSIT 5 
A. Ray-flowers erect:— A. acris, L., Flea- bane; 
capitules numerous, stem-leaves linear-oblong, half clasp- 
ing, entire, slightly hairy; dry banks in the lowlands; 
common. &. angulosus, Gaud.; leaves narrower, glabrous, 
ray-flowers pink or bright red; dry, alpine. 
B. Ray-flowers spreading; capitule solitary :—£. unz- 
florus, L.; ray-flowers lilac or white, involucral bracts 
green, very woolly, radical leaves blunt; alpine pastures. 
E. neglectus, Kern. ; ray-flowers peach-coloured, bracts 
reddish-brown, very woolly, radical leaves short, thick ; 
Alps, Tirol. 
C. Ray-flowers spreading ; capitules usually numerous: 
—E. alpinus, L.; stem 4-12 in., branched, with from 2 
to 5 capitules, covered like the leaves with long hairs, 
leaves linear-oblong ; alpine pastures ; Switzerland, Jura, 
Dauphiny, Pyrenees. &. V2llarszz, Bell.; stem glandular- 
hairy, IO-I5 in., capitule larger (1 in. diam.), ray-flowers 
purple; Switzerland, Tirol, Carinthia, Dauphiny. JZ. 
Schleichert, Grml.; stem 4-6 in., slightly glandular, capi- 
tules smaller, ray-flowers white or light violet; Southern 
Switzerland, rare (Simplon, Zermatt, Saas). £. glabra- 
tus, H. and H.; stem 4-6 in., female flowers few or o, 
leaves ciliate, stem-leaves nearly glabrous; alpine pas- 
tures; local. &. Prantliz, Dal. Tor.; female flowers 
humerous, stem and stem-leaves hairy; Bavaria. 
9g. SOLIDAGO, L. 
Capitules usually in branched scorpioid cymes; flowers 
all yellow; ray-flowers female; stigmas of disk-flowers 
tipped with papillose cones. Not alpine. 
S. Virgaurea, L., Golden Rod; woods, common. 5S. 
