68 WHITE TO GREEN 



WHITE ASTER 



Aster co?nmutatus. Composite Family 



Stems: bushy, branched. Leaves: rigid, Hnear, entire, obtuse, sessile, 

 uppermost passing into involucral bracts. Flowers: in densely crowded 

 heads. 



These charming little Asters, with their white rays and 

 yellow centres, are quite unmistakable, and though each in- 

 dividual flower is small, yet they grow in such large densely- 

 flowered wands that they present a very handsome appearance. 

 The stiff narrow leaves grow all the way up the stalks among 

 the blossoms. The flower is usually found in very dry sandy 

 places. 



A. alpinus, or Alpine Aster, is another species very abundant 

 in the mountains. It grows at great altitudes and has fluffy 

 whitish leaves and white or pale pink flowers. 



DAISY FLEABANE 



Erigeron coinpositus. Composite Family 



Stems: short, densely leafy. Leaves: fan-shaped in outline, parted into 

 linear spatulate lobes on long petioles ; herbage hirsute and rather vis- 

 cidulous. Flowers: rays forty to sixty, white ; disk-flowers yellow. 



This Fleabane is very like a large common daisy, for it has 

 many white rays and a big yellow centre. Most of its leaves 

 grow out from the base, and are much cut and quite fern- 

 like. It is found at an altitude of 7000 feet, and especially 

 along the edge of glacial streams, though it grows also on the 

 lower alpine meadows. 



The most conspicuous difference between Asters and Flea- 

 banes is that the latter have very numerous narrow rays, 

 while the rays of the former are slightly broader and much 

 fewer in number. 



