COMPOSITE FAMILY. Composites. 



A species confined to the salt marshes of 

 tenuifolius * ne coas k from Massachusetts southward. 

 Lilac-purple Stem very smooth and generally zig- 

 September- zagged. The few leaves long linear, taper- 

 October ing to botn en( j s> toothless, and thick or 

 fleshy. The rather large flowers an inch broad or more, 

 lilac-purple or paler, borne on a generally simple or 

 slightly branched stem. 8-25 inches high. 



. . . , . A species similarly confined. The leaves 



Aster subulatus . . . z , 



Pale purple linear lance-shaped, toothless, and flat, 



August- those on the branches very small and awl- 



October shaped. The numerous, very small pale 



purple flowers with very short rays scarcely extending 

 beyond the disc ; the disc-florets purplish. 6-24 inches 

 high. N. H. and Mass. to Va. 

 _, . A very common annual weed, and the 



Horse weed or ,, . , „ ,, 



Butterweed most unattractive member of the genus. 

 Erigeron The white and green flower-heads are ex- 



Canadensis tremely small, £ inch long; the rays do 

 White-green not spread but conne ct in the form of a 

 June-October J 



cylinder. The dark green leaves are lin- 

 ear, remotely toothed or toothless, and the upper ones 

 are often cut-lobed. The bristly hairy stem is 1-7 feet 

 high. In barnyards and waste places everywhere. 



An annual and asterlike species with 

 Sweet Scabius a S p rea( ji n g _ haired stem and coarsely 

 Fleab'ane toothed, lance-shaped leaves, the lower 



Erigeron ones broader. The white or pale lilac 



annuus flower-heads are about £ inch broad, with 



White or lilac a gre en-yellow disc. 1-4 feet high. A 

 September common weed northward in waste places. 



Me., west to S. Dak., and south to Va. 



^ . „. A singular common species ; the hairs not 



Daisy Fleabane , ° . . . * -, .. . . 



Erigeron spreading but close to the stem. The light 



strigosus green leaves are linear and toothless or 



White nearly so, the lower ones broad at the tip. 



May- Tne j ittle d a i S yiik e flowers are | inch 



broad, with a large green yellow disc ; oc- 

 casionally the white rays are lilac-tinged, and sometimes 

 they are extremely short or altogether absent. 1-2 feet 

 high. Common in fields and on roadsides everywhere. 

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