76 ERIGERON MUCRONATUM. POINTED ERIGERON. 



and the second intermediate, as it were, having trailing, barren 

 branches, which sometimes root, and at other times are partially 

 erect, as if with a little encouragement they would become 

 flowering branches. 



The botanical lesson has been so interesting that little room is 

 left to analyze the plant's beauty. Many of the genus are so 

 coarse in their features that this one surprises by its gracefulness 

 and elegance. It has litde to offer in the way of contrast ; its 

 claim to distinction lies in its variety of slender lines which all run 

 impercepdbly into each other. 



There is much classical history connected with the genus, 

 though not of the species which, in our desire to profit by the 

 lesson it offered, we shall have to pass for the present, hoping to 

 illustrate another species soon. 



In English gardens it is erroneously known as Vittadenia 

 triloba. 



Explanations of the Plate.— i. Flowering stems. 2. A trailing, barren stem. 3. Disc 

 flower very much enlarged. 



