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Leaves alternate, linear, 3-5 in. long, more hairy beneath than 

 above. Flowers white, the heads in a flat-topped cluster that 

 is often 4 in. wide. In dry places, Newfoundland to No. Car- 

 olina, and westward. August. Fig. 845. 



846. Sweet Balsam. Gnaphalium obtusifolium. (G. poly- 

 cephalum.) With the generaL aspect of No. 845, but the 

 bruised foliage with the odor of Slippery-elm. The flowers 

 also are dirty-white, and the heads are in clusters that arc 

 not flat-topped. In dry places. Nova Scotia to Florida, and 

 westward. August. 



847. Flower heads with both tubular and ray flowers, ex- 

 cept in Beggar-ticks, No. 900. (Daisy Family continued. 

 Nos. 848-907.) 



Flowers yellow (except in the Silver Rod, no. 876, and the Rose 



Tickseed, no. 895 ) no. 872 



Flowers never yellow 

 Leaves not divided or dissected, sometimes slightly lobed, and 



often toothed no. 852 



Leaves divided or dissected, often much so 

 Flower heads on a scaly stalk ; the leaves absent at flowering 



time ■ Sweet Coltsfoot no. 848 



Flowers blooming when the leaves are present 

 Leaves merely divided; heads few or solitary, 1-2 in. 



wide Common White Daisy no. 849 



Leaves finely dissected ; heads smaller 



Flower heads numerous, about ^ in. wide 



Yarrow no. 850 



Flower heads fewer, about ^ in, wide 



Dillweed no. 851 



