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COROLLIFLOR^ 



are light purple. Found only on some of the mountains of the 

 eastern Highlands ; rare. Fl. July, August. Perennial. 



3. E. Canadensis (Canadian Flea-bane). An erect plant, some- 

 what resembling Groundsel ; 1-2 feet high, with a few spreading 

 hairs ; lanceolate leaves ; and dingy yellow flowers with whitish 

 ray florets, borne in a narrow panicle. Grows as a weed in waste 

 places ; local. Fl. August, September. Annual. 



34. Aster (Star-wort) 

 1. A. Tnpolium (Sea Star- wort). A stout succulent plant; 

 2-3 feet high, with long, smooth, fleshy leaves, and corymbs of large 

 handsome flowers, the inner florets of which are yellow, the outer 

 purple. In salt marshes the whole plant is often covered with 

 mud, which gives it an unsightly appearance, but when growing 

 on sea-cliffs it is a highly ornamental plant. Salt marshes ; fre- 

 quent. Fl. August, September. Perennial. 



35. Solidago (Golden-rod) 

 . S. Virganrea (Golden-rod). The only British species. 



An 



erect, scarcely branched plant, 2-3 feet high, with roughish, angular 

 stems, simple, serrated leaves, which gradually become narrower 

 the higher they are on the stem ; and conspicuous, terminal clusters 

 of small bright yellow flowers. Dry woods ; common. Fl. July 

 to September. Perennial. 



On mountainous heaths a variety (Cambrica) occurs, with very 

 short stems, and large leaves and flowers. 



36. Senecio (Groundsel, Rag-wort) 



1. S. vulgaris (Common Ground- 

 sel). Flowers without rays, in 

 crowded clusters ; leaves half em- 



K5fc & bracing the stem, deeply lobed and 

 ^r -^ ^ toothed. A common weed in culti- 

 vated ground ; a favourite food of 

 many small birds. Fl. all the year 

 round. Annual. 



2. 5. sylvaticus (Mountain Ground- 

 sel). Distinguished from the last 

 by its larger size 1-2 feet high ; 

 and its conical, rather than cylin- 

 drical, heads of dull yellow flowers, 

 with a few rays which are rolled 

 back and inconspicuous, or often 

 wanting ; the leaves are pinnatifid, 

 with narrow lobes, toothed ; the 



Senecio Vulgaris 

 (Common Groundsel) 



