COMPOSITE 347 



A. alpinus (PI. LI). A tufted greyish-green plant; 

 leaves entire, obtuse, hairy; stem 4-8 in., bearing one 

 large, solitary capitule, with ligules of violet -blue 

 surrounding a golden-yellow disk. Flowers from July 

 to September on all sunny Swiss mountain slopes. At 

 Floraire several forms are grown, including varieties with 

 white, rose or reddish flowers, some varieties having 

 large flowers or even multi-capitate stems. 



A. amellus, a native of dry limestone hillsides, has a 

 branching stem, capitules in varying number, small, with 

 bright violet ray-flowers and a golden disk. Flowers in 

 autumn. 



Bellidiastrum 



B. MicMii (PI. LI1). This is the large daisy that is 

 so common on all moist slopes in our mountains and is 

 popularly named in Swiss countries "The false Daisy". 

 The leaves are ovate, toothed; the flowers, resembling 

 small, nodding daisies, are white, turning to rose later. 

 Its chief merit is the prolonged season of flowering. 

 Propagated by seed and division. 



Erigeron 



"Eng. : Flca-Bane ; Tr. : Vergerette : Ger. : Berufungskraut. 



This genus is closely akin to the Aster, from which it 

 differs in more numerous ray-flowers, which are many- 

 seriate, either all very narrow and ligulate or forming 

 small filiform tubes on the inner rank. Jllpinus is but a 

 poor caricature of its noble cousin and is altogether 

 unworthy of cultivation. For good varieties one must 

 p to Central Asia for aurantiacus, multiradiatus, or to 



orth America for glabellus, salsuginosus, speciosus, etc. 



E. alpinus* (PI. Lll). Most usually covered with 

 hairs; flowers in fairly broad heads, the ligules very 



