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divided, the lobes lanceolate. Heads nodding. Escaped from 

 gardens in some places. 



9. ERECHTHI'TES, Eaf. FlBEWEED. 



E. hieracifolia, R-af. Stem tall, grooved. Leaves sessile, 

 lanceolate, cut- toothed, upper ones clasping. Common in places 

 recently over-run by fire. 



10. GXAPHA'mUM, L. CUDWEED. 



1. G. decur'rens, Ives. (EVERLASTING.) Stem erect, 2 feet 

 high, clammy -pubescent, white-woolly on the branches. Heads 

 corymbed. Leaves linear-lanceolate, partly clasping, decurrent. 

 Fields and hillsides. 



2. G. polyceph'alum, Michx. (COMMON EVERLASTING.) Stem 

 erect, 1-2 feet high, white- woolly. Heads corymbed. Leaves 

 lanceolate, tapering at the base, not decurrent. Old pastures and 

 woods. 



3. G. uligino'sum, L. (Low CUDWEED. ) Stem spreading, 3-6 

 inches high, white-woolly. Leaves linear. Heads small in 

 croivded terminal clusters subtended by leaves. Low grounds. 



11. ANTENNA'RIA, Gsertn. EVEBLASTING. 



1. A. margarita'cea, R. Brown. (PEARLY EVERLASTING.) 

 (Anaphalis maryarilacea, Benth. and Hook., in Macoun's Cata- 

 logue.) Stem in clusters, downy. Leaves linear-lanceolate, 

 taper-pointed, sessile. Scales of the involucre pearly-white. 

 Heads in corymbs. Along fences and in open woods. 



2. A. plantaginifo'lia, Hook. (PLANTAIN-LEAVED E. ) Stem 

 scape-like, 4~6 inches hlyh. Radical leaves spathulate or obovate ; 

 stem-leaves few, linear. Heads small, in a crowded corymb. 

 Involucre white or purplish. Old pastures and woods. 



13. LIA'TRIS, Schreb. BLAZING-STAB. 



1. L. cylindra'cea, Michx. Stem wand-like, 6-18 inches 

 high. Leaves linear, rigid, generally 1 -nerved. Heads few, 

 cylindrical. Sandy fields and thickets. 



2. L. spica'ta, Willd. Stem stout and rigid, 2-5 feet high, 

 very leafy. Leaves linear, erect, the lowest 3-5-uerved. Heads 

 crowded in a long spike. Low grounds, south-western Ontario. 



