96 COMPOSITE. 



COMPOSITE. 

 EUPATORIUM, L. 



412. E. Cannabinum, L. Hemp Agrimony. 



Native ; on the banks of streams, and in other wet places. 

 Common, and generally distributed. VIII. IX. 



PETASITES, Gaert. 



413. P. VUlgaris, Desf. Butterbur. 



Native ; by the sides of streams, and in swampy ground, 

 frequent. 



G. Bitton. Charfield. Banks of the Avon near Con- 

 ham. Wick. 



S. By the stream under Bishport wood, plentifully. 

 Backwell Common. Banks of the Chew. Claverham. 

 Paulton. Portbury. Eadford. Wells, Miss Livett. IV. 



414. P. fragrans, Presi. 



An introduced species, rapidly extending its range in the 

 country, and now completely naturalized. 



G. Several large patches on the railway embankment by 

 the Avon near the Great Quarry. Abundant at Fish- 

 ponds. In a lane near Cribbs Causeway. 



S. Bourton. In Talbot Lane, close to Brislingtou. 

 Clevedon. In several places on the outskirts of Wells. 



L II. 

 TUSSILAGO, L. 



415. T. Farfara, L. Coltsfoot. 



Native. Common everywhere on poor soil. It is the first 

 plant to vegetate on limestone rubble, and is therefore 

 always seen in abundance about the quarries near 



Clifton. ni. IV. 



ASTER, L. 



416. A. TripoliUHl, L. Starwort. 



Native ; on mud banks by the tidal waters, plentiful. The 

 handsome blue or lilac rayed flowers are but rarely 



