COMPOSIT : 
3. HOMOGYNE, Cass. 
Capitule usually solitary, on a nearly leafless scape, 
appearing before the leaves; involucre usually of one row 
of bracts; leaves mostly radical, stalked, round. Alpine. 
H. alpina, Cass. (Pl. 59); flowers yellowish-red, capi- 
tule solitary, stem 6-12 in., woolly, leaves cordate-reniform, 
crenate, green on both sides; alpine pastures, frequent. 
H.. discolor, Cass.; flowers yellow, capitule solitary, stem 
3-9 in., woolly, bracts of involucre purple, leaves cordate- 
reniform, lighter and tomentose beneath; pastures; Tirol, 
Styria, Carinthia, Carniola. 7. sylvestris, Cass.; flowers 
yellow, stem 6-12 in., hairy, with I-3 capitules, leaves 
green on both sides, cordate-reniform, coarsely dentate, 
upper with sheathing leaf-stalk; pastures ; Styria, Car- 
inthia, Carniola. 
4. TUSSILAGO, L. 
Capitule solitary, on a leafless scape; ray-flowers 
female, disk-flowers male, all yellow; leaves appearing 
after the flowers. Not alpine. 
T. Farfara, L., Colt’s-Foot ; very common. 
5. PETASITES, Tourn. 
Capitules numerous, forming a terminal panicle on a 
leafless scape; flowers purple, red, or white; ray-flowers 
mostly female, with filiform corolla; leaves very large, 
appearing after the flowers. 
P. officinalis, Moench. (vulgaris, Desf.) Butter-bur; 
flowers pink, leaves up to 3 ft. in diam., tomentose or 
cobwebby beneath ; wet places in the lowlands, common. 
