78 COMMON' CAN Ah IAN WILD PLANTS. 



bose peduncles. Stem hairy, i>rn<lii<-ii><j o//W,s- from tl/c bale. 

 Radical leaves spathulate or obovate, toothed above tin; middle ; 

 stem-leaves oblong, few, sessile or partly clasping, entire. 

 Thickets. 



3. E. Philadel'phicum, L. (COMMON FLEABANE.) Rays rose- 

 purple, very numerous and narrow. Heads small, few, in corymbs. 

 Stem hairy, with numerous stem-leaves. Radical leaves spathu- 

 late and toothed ; the upper ones clasping by a heart-shaped 

 base, entire. Moist grounds. 



4. E. strigo'sum, Muhl. (DAISY FLEABANE.) Rays white, 

 conspicuous, numerous. Pappus plainly double. Stem and leaves 

 roughish with minute appressed hairs, or nearly smooth. Lower 

 leaves spathulate and slender-petioled, entire or nearly so, the 

 upper lanceolate, scattered. Dry fields and meadows. 



5. E. an'ntium, Pers. (LARGER DAISY FLEAP.ANE.) Rays 

 white, tinged witli purple. Pappus double. Stem rough with 

 spreading hairs. Leaves coarsely toothed; the lower ovate, taper- 

 ing into a margined petiole ; the upper ovate-lanceolate. Heads 

 corymbed. Fields and meadows. 



30. DIPLOPAP'PUS, Cass. DOUBLE-BRISTLED ASTER. 

 D. umbella'tus, Torr. and Gr. Stern smooth, leafy to the 

 top, tall, simple. Leaves lanceolate, long-pointed. Heads very 

 numerous in flat compound corymbs. Moist thickets. 



31. HEL,E'NIUM, L. SNEEZE-WEED.* 



H. autumna'le, L. (SNKE/E-WKKD.) Stem nearly smooth. 

 Leaves lanceolate, toothed. Disk globular. Low river- and lake- 

 margins. 



33. I/EUCAN'THEMUM, Tourn. OX-EYE DAISY. 

 L. Vlllga're, Lam. (Chrysanthemum Leucantkemnm, L., in 

 Macoun's Catalogue.) (Ox-EYK DAISY. WIIITK-\VKKI>.) Stem 

 erect, naked above, bearing a single large head. Leaves pinnatifid 

 or cut-toothed, the lowest spathulate, the others partly clasping. 

 Pastures and old fields. 



33. MARU'TA, Cass. MAY-WEED. 



M. Cot'ula, DC. (COMMON MAY-\VKKI>.) Stem branchim;. 

 Leaves thrice-pinnate, finely dissected. Roadside everywhere. 



