196 COMPOSITE. [EnioERON. 



Heads 1-3, f in. diam. ; peduncles stout, eglandular ; invol. bracts almost 

 villous, subulate-lanceolate. Ray-flowers very many, purple, ligule very 

 slender. Disk-flowers yellow. Fruit hispid. DISTHIB. Alps and Arctic 

 regions of Europe, Asia, America ; S. Chili and Fuegia. 

 2. E. a'cre, L. ; stem leafy branched above, heads -| in. diam. 



panicled, ligules scarcely longer than the reddish pappus. 



Dry banks, &c. in England ; sandy coasts of Forfarshire ; E. and S. of Ire- 

 land ; fl. July-Aug. Annual or biennial, hispidly hairy. Stem 1-2 ft., 

 panicled above. Leaves quite entire ; radical 2-3 in., obovate-lanceolate ; 

 cauline linear-oblong, obtuse, J-amplexicaul. Heads axillary and terminal ; 

 peduncles slender, naked or bracteate ; invol. bracts narrow-linear, hispid. 

 Ray-flowers narrow, pale purple ; disk pale yellow. Fruit hispid. DISTRIB. 

 Europe (Arctic), temp, and N. Asia, Himalaya, N. America. 

 E. CANADEN'SE, L. ; stem leafy branched above, heads J in. diam. 



panicled, ligules white, scarcely longer than the white pappus. 



Introd. from America into waste places in England, common near London ; 

 absent from Scotland and Ireland ; fl. Aug. -Sept. Annual, sparingly hairy or 

 glabrous. Stem 1-2 ft., corymbosely branched. Leaves all linear- or oblong- 

 lanceolate, quite entire or sparingly toothed. Heads very many, small ; 

 peduncles slender. Invol. bracts slender, green with scarious margins, 

 glabrous. Ray-flowers sometimes faintly purple, disk pale yellow. DISTKIB. 

 Widely spread over most temp, and warm countries. 



13. BELLIS, L. DAISY. 



Annual or perennial small herbs. Leaves usually all radical, petioled, 

 toothed. Heads solitary, disk yellow, ray white or pink ; involucre cam- 

 panulate, bracts 1-2-seriate, herbaceous; receptacle conical, papillose. 

 Kay-flowers many, 1-seriate, female, ligulate ; style-arms linear, obtuse, 

 margins thickened. Disk-flowers tubular, 2-sexual, 4-5-toothed ; anther- 

 cells simple ; style-arms short, thick, tipped by papillose cones. Fruit 

 compressed, obovate, subhispid ; pappus 0. DISTRIB. Europe, N. Africa, 

 N. America ; species 3 or 4. ETYM. bellus, from its pretty appearance. 

 1. B. perennis, L. ; perennial, stemless, leaves obovate-spathulate. 

 Pastures and m%adows ; ascends to near 3,000 ft. in the Highlands ; fl. all the 

 year. Glabrous or pilose. Rootstock short, fibres stout. Leave* 1-3 in., 

 fleshy, obtuse or rounded at the crenate tip, midrib broad. Scape 2-5 in. 

 Head f-1 in. diam., solitary ; invol. bracts green, obtuse, often tipped with 

 black. Ray-flowers white or tipped with pink, disk bright yellow. DISTUIB. 



14. SOLIDA GO, L. GOLDEN-ROD. 



Herbs, often shrubby at the base. Leaves alternate, entire or serrate. 

 Heads usually in branched scorpioid cymes, yellow, rayed ; involucre 

 oblong, bracts multi-seriate, appressed ; receptacle naked, smooth or 

 pitted. Ray-flowers 1-seriate, ligulate, female ; style-arms slender, linear, 

 obtuse. Disk-flowers tubular, 2-sexual, 5-fid ; anther-cells simple ; style- 

 arms 4-terete, tipped with papillose cones. Fruit many-ribbed ; pappus- 

 hairs 1-seriate, scabrid. DISTHIB. Arctic and temp. N. hemisphere, chiefly 

 N. American ; species about 100, ETYM. obscure. 



1. S. Virgau'rea, L, ; leavs linear- or lanceolate-oblong. 



