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fl. f /f^'"''' ^"^^"f -^-^ '*^^"'' ^^^^^ o'-^e or few head, 

 florets pf the ray nearly twice as long as the involucre nn' ' 



most pistillate florets tubular-filiform" without a hVule leave; 

 lancedate, radical ones spathulate. ^. i?. t. 464.-E lIT 



L. : E. B. t. 2416. 



E. uniflorus 



Highland mountains, not uncommon on the Breadalhane and Dnv. 



ZT\ ""• '' '-^^^y - hispid, like the last, hut wi h Zet: 

 much longer m proportion. Stem 3-5 inches high, simple with 

 rarely more than one head of Jlou-ers at the summit. The We oJ 

 the pistillate >,-rf. become gradually narrower and sometimes shorter 

 as they approach the disk, the innermost row being wholly or parti dW 

 destitute of them. We have examined original s^ecimeL o f'sn ^ 

 L. umflorus from G. Don from Ben Lawers : they have quite tV 

 structure of the florets of E. alpinus, although the ligules be short r 

 and more erect from growing in a more exposed situation : the invo 

 lucre, although rather more hairy, is not woolly as in the arctic 

 -£;. w«-y^on« of Luma^us. ^ 



36. A'sTER Linn. Stanvort. Michaelmas Daisy. 

 Achcnes compressed. Pap^ms pilose, in inany rows. Re 

 cepade naked. Involucre imbricated, sometimes with a few 

 scales on the peduncle. A7it7iers without bristles at the base 

 Florcfs of the disk yellow ; of the raj purple or white, and in 1 

 1' ISf ^'"^^ ^ rows—ATame : asier,astar, which the flower 



resemble. 



1 . A TripdUum L. (Sea S. or M.) ; stem glabrous corymbose' 

 eaves Imear-lanceolate fleshy obscurely 3-nerved, scales of 



i n' ;™ i'!!!f 't^^^.^!™i^^^"«-?^t-«^ -" imbricated, the 



inner ones lonwr. JE. B. t. 87. 



Nees 



Salt-marshes, frequent, i;. 8, 9. -The florets of the ray are 

 tnetimes wanting. ^ ''^'^ 



37. SoLiDAGo Liiin. Golden-rod. 

 Achenes terete Pappus pilose, rough, in a single row. Pe- 

 ceptade naked. Involucre closely imbricated. Anthers without 

 bristles at the base. Florets of the ray fe^y^ in one roTv and 

 ^ we as those of the disk, yellow. -/ame : .oZ.-^ar., to ;2 ' 

 In^ '"^"'''^'^ ^'''''^'''''' '^''' ^^-^ ^^^" attributed to^S^e 



species. 



(common G.) 



.1.. lower ones ellipticaf, race„,es paoieird ect J wded T„v ! 



Huds 



/3. small, with broader radical feaves. S. Cambrica 



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246 XL VI. coJiPosiT^: corymeifer^. 



and leafy; heads of flowers terminal, pedunculate f-nm .i 



the leaves. Leaves below tapering Into a foo" talk V , "^f °^ I - 



^isk yellow ; of the ra, ligulate, purplish. pl;;f 'tawlv"'^ ^' *'" 



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