114 COMMON CANADIAN WILD PLANTS. 



13. ANTENNA'RIA, Gsertn. EVERLASTING. 



1. A, margarita' eea, K. Brown. (Anaphalis margari- 

 tacea, Benth. and Hook., in Macoun's Catalogue.) (PEARLY 

 EVERLASTING.) 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 high. Radical leaves spathulat*- 

 or obovate; stem-leaves few, linear. Heads small, in 

 crowded corymb. Involucre white or purplish. Old pas. 

 tures and woods. 



14. MA'TRIS, Schreb. BLAZING-STAR. 



1. L, eylindra'eea, Michx. Stem wand-like, 6-18 inches 

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

 cylindrical. Scales with abruptly mucronate tips. Pappus 

 plumose. Sandy fields and thickets. 



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

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

 Heads crowded in a long spike. Scales obtuse. Pappus not 

 obviously plumose. Low grounds, south-western Ontario. 



3. L. SCario'Sa, Willd. Heads many-flowered, large, few 

 or many. Pappus not obviously plumose. Stem 2-5 feet 

 high, stout, pubescent or hoary. Leaves lanceolate. Scales 

 of the involucre obovate or spathulate, often with coloured 

 tips or edges. S. W. Ontario, and rather common N.W. 



4. L. puneta'ta, Hook. Heads 4-6-flowered, usually many 

 in a dense spike. Pappus plumose. Stem 10-30 inches high, 

 stout. Scales of the involucre acuminate. Leaves narrow- 

 ly linear. N.W. 



15. VEBNO'NIA, Schreb. IRON-WEED. 



V. altiss'ima, Nutt. Tall. Leaves lanceolate to lance- 

 oblong. Heads in an open cyme, the involucre purplish. > 

 Fields and roadsides, S. W. Ontarip, 



