134 THE STORY OF PLANT LIFE 
The ray florets open and the stigmas ripen before 
the anther cylinders of the disc. Unless insects 
affect it self-pollination does not occur. The Hive 
Bee and other bees and flies visit the Coltsfoot. 
The seed is dispersed by aid of the parachute 
arrangement of the pappus by the wind. 
Ass’s Foot, Bull’s Foot, Clatter Clogs, Clayt, 
Clayweed, Cleats, Clot, Coltherb, Coughwort, Coalfit, 
Cowheave, Dove Dock, Dummy Weed, Foalfoot are 
a few of the many names by which it is known. 
Daisy (Bellis perenmis). 
No county in the British Isles is without its 
daisies, and it is found at a height of 3000 ft. in the 
Highlands. It is an extremely popular flower with 
which everyone is familiar. 
But it rarely grows in woods, and is absent from 
wet places, preferring a dry soil. One does not find 
it also as a rule on heaths, especially those which are 
covered with Heather and heath, but it grows on 
commons with Furze and Broom. 
Its usual habitat is a pasture or meadow either in 
the lowlands or the Highlands. It is also found 
along every wayside, and carpets the lawn ina garden 
or the sward in a churchyard. Though it is sup- 
posed to be so constant in its characters I have found 
plants with a scape having spreading hairs, and else- 
where flowers with a very narrow diameter, less than 
a threepenny piece, whereas they are frequently as 
large as a Sixpence. 
