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29. Hemp-agrimony {EupcMrimi). — Heads few-flowered; involucre im- 

 bricated, oblong; receptacle naked; styles much longer than the florets. 

 Name from Mithridates Eupator, King of Pontus, who is said to have first 

 used it. 



30. GoLDY-LOCKS (Linosyris). — Involucre of one row of bracts, surrounded 

 by several longer ones, or imbricated ; receptacle honeycombed ; pappus in a 

 double row, feathery, rough. Name from linmn, flax, and osyris, a name 

 given by Pliny to some flexible plant. 



31. Everlasting (Antenndria). — Stamens and pistils in separate flowei^s, 

 and on different plants; involucre imbricated, the inner ones coloured or 

 chaffy at the ends ; receptacle naked ; pappus hairy. Name from the hairs of 

 the male pappus, which resemble the antennae of insects. 



32. Cudweed (Gnaphdlium).—lnYolviCTe roundish, dry, imbricated, often 

 coloured ; receptacle naked ; pappus hairy. Name from the Greek, gnaplullion, 

 soft down, with which the leaves are covered. 



33. FilAgo. — Involucre tapering upwards, imbricated, of a few long, 

 pointed bracts ; receptacle chafty in the circumference ; pappus hairy ; florets 

 few, the outer ones bearing pistils only. Name from the Latin, filum, a 

 thread, from the thread-like down which invests the plant. 



34. Butter-bur (Petasites). — Involucre a single row of narrow bracts ; 

 receptacle naked ; stamens and pistils usually on difl"erent plants. Name from 

 the Greek, pStasos, a covering for the head, from the large size of the leaves. 



2. Daisy Group (Badiatce). 



35. Colt's-foot (Tussildgo). — Involucre a single row of narrow bracts, 

 with a few outer shorter ones ; receptacle naked ; florets of the ray narrow, 

 in several rows ; of the disk few ; all yellow. Name from the Latin, tussis, 

 a cough, from its use in that malady. 



36. Flea-bane {Erigeron). — Involucre imbricated with narrow scales; 

 receptacle naked ; florets of the ray in many rows, very narrow, different in 

 colour from those of the disk. Name in Greek signifying growing old early, 

 from the early appearance of the grey seed-down. 



37. Starwort {Aster). — Involucre imbricated, a few scales on the flower- 

 stalk ; receptacle naked, honeycombed ; florets of the ray in one row, white 

 or purple ; of the disk, yellow ; pappus hairy, in many rows. Name from 

 the Greek, aster, a star. 



38. Golden-rod (SoUddgo). — Involucre imbricated ; receptacle naked ; 

 florets all yellow ; pappus hairy, in one or two rows. Name from the Latin, 

 soUdare, to unite, from its supposed property of healing wounds. 



39. Groundsel and Eagwort (Senecio). — ^ Involucre imbricated and 

 oblong, the bracts often tipped Avith brown, a few smaller ones at the base ; 

 florets all yellow, the outer sometimes wanting. Name from the Latin, senex, 

 an old man, from the white seed-down. 



40. Leopard's-BANE (Bordnkim). — Involucre cup-shaped, bracts in two 

 rows, equal ; florets all yellow ; pappus hairy, wanting in the florets of the 

 ray. Name of uncertain origin. 



41. Elecampane, etc. {tnnlo). — Involucre imbricated in many rows; 

 receptacle naked ; florets all yellow ; anthers with two bristles at the base. 



