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COMPOSITE 



Dry woods ; common. On mountainous heaths a variety (var. 

 cdmbrica) occurs with short stems, broader leaves, and larger 

 ■flower-heads. — Fl. July — September. Perennial. 



3. Bellis (Daisy). — Small plants; leaves usually all radical; 

 heads solitary ; bracts in i or 2 rows, herbaceous, equal, blunt ; 

 receptacle naked, conical ; ray-florets in i row, ligulate, white or 

 pink ; disk-florets yellow ; fruit compressed ; no pappus. (Name 

 from the Latin bellus, pretty.) 



solidAgo viRGAt^REA {Golden-rod). 



BELLIS PER^NNis {Coimttoft Daisy). 



I. B. perennis (Common Daisy). — The only British species ; 

 leaves obovate-spathulate, fleshy, in a radical rosette ; scape T— 

 4 in. high ; ray-florets generally white, tipped with crimson. — 

 Pastures ; very common. A universal favourite. — Fl. nearly all 

 the year round. Perennial. 



4. Aster (Startwort). — Leaves scattered, simple; heads gener- 

 ally with I row of purple, blue, or white ray-florets ; disk yellow ; 

 bracts imbricate, herbaceous ; receptacle naked, honeycombed ; 



