ERIGERON.] COMPOSITE. 205 



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

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

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

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

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

 Ray-fl. 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-fl. 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-fl. many, 

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

 Disk-fl. 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, N. 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. 

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

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

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

 bright yellow. DISTRIB. Europe, except N. Russia and Greece, Asia 

 Minor. 



5. SOLIDA'GO, L. GOLDEN-ROD. 



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. 

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

 Disk-fl. 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 



