Erigeron.] COMPOSITE. 205 



Dry banks, &c, in England ; sandy coasts of Forfar ; E. and S. Ireland 

 Chaunel Islands ; fl. July-Aug. — Annual or biennial, hispid. Stem 1-2 ft. 

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

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

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

 Ray-jl. narrow, pale purple ; disk pale yellow. Fruit hispid. — Distrib 

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



E. canaden'se, L. ; stem leafy branched above, heads £ in. diam. 



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



Waste places in England; introd. from America; common near London ; 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, peduncle slender. Invol. bracts slender, 

 green with scarious margins, glabrous. Ray-jl. sometimes faintly purple ; 

 disk pale yellow,— Distrib. Most temp, and warm countries. 



4. bel lis, L, Daisy. 



Small herbs. Leaves usually all radical, petioled, toothed. Heads 

 solitary, disk yellow, ray white or pink ; involucre campanulate, bracts 

 1-2-seriate, herbaceous ; receptacle conical, papillose. Ray-jl. many, 

 1-seriate, female, ligulate ; style-arms linear, obtuse, margins thickened. 

 Disk-jl. 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, 1ST. Africa, N. America ; 

 species 7 or 8. — Etym. bellus, from its pretty appearance. 



B. peren'nis, L. ; perennial, stemless, leaves obovate-spathulate. 

 Pastures and meadows, N. to Shetland ; ascends to near 3,000 ft. in the High- 

 lands ; Ireland; Channel Islands; fl. all the year. — Glabrous or hairy. 

 Rootstock short, fibres stout. Leaves 1-3 in., fleshy, obtuse or rounded at 

 the crenate tip, midrib broad. Scape 2-5 in. Head, f-1 in. diam. ; invol. 

 bracts green, obtuse, often tipped with black. Ray-j. white or pink, disk 

 bright yellow. — Distrib, Europe, except N. Russia and Greece, Asia 

 Minor. 



5. SOLIDA'GO, L. G0U)EN-R0D, 



Herbs, often shrubby below. Leaves alternate, entire or serrate. Heads 

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

 bracts many-seriate, appressed ; receptacle naked, smooth or pitted. 

 Ratj-fl. 1-seriate, ligulate, female or ; style-arms slender, linear, obtuse. 

 Disk-jl. tubular, 2-sexual, 5-fid ; anther-cells simple ; style-arms ^-terete, 

 tipped with papillose cones. Fruit many-ribbed ; pappus-hairs 1-2- 

 seriate, scabrid.— Distrib. Arctic and N. temp, regions, chiefly N. 

 American ; species about 80. — Etym. obscure. 



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

 Thickets, rocky banks, &c. ; ascends to 2,800 feet in the Highlands ; Ireland ; 

 Channel Islands; fl. July-Sept.— Rootstock stout. Stem erect, sparingly 



