114 COMMON CANADIAN WILD PLANTS. 



i3. ANTBNNA'BIA, Gsertn. Eveelastihq. 



1. A. margarita'eea, E. Brown. {Anaphalia margari- 

 tacea, Benth. and Hook., in Macoun's Catalogue.) (Pbaelt 

 EvEKLASTiNG.) Stem in clusters, downy. Leaves linear- 

 lanceolate, taper-pointed, sessile. Scales of the involucre 

 pearly-white. Heads in corymbs. — Along fences and in 

 open woods. 



2. A. plantaginifo'lia. Hook. (Pijusttain- heaved E.j 

 Stem scape-Ulce, 4-6 inches high. Radical leaves spathulate 

 or obovate ; stem-leaves few, linear. Heads small, in a 

 crowded corymb. Involucre white or purplish. — Old pas- 

 tures and woods. 



14. LIA'TBIS, Schreb. Blazing-Stab. 



1. L. eylindra'eea, Michx. stem wand-like, 6-18 inches 

 high. Leaves linear, rigid, generally 1-uerved. Heads few, 

 cylindrical. Scales with abruptly mucronate tips. Pappus 

 plumose. — Sandy fields and thickets. 



2. L. spiea'ta, Willd. Stem stout and rigid, 2-5 feet high, 

 very leafy. Leaves linear, erect, the lowest 3-5-nerved. 

 Heads crowded in a long spike. Scales obtuse. Pappus not 

 obviously plumose. — Low grounds, south-western Ontario. 



3. L. SCariO'Sa, Willd. Heads many-flowered, large, few 

 or many. Pappus not obviously plumose. Stem 2-5 feet 

 high, stout, pubesoentor hoary. Leaves lanceolate. Scales 

 of the involucre obovate or spathulate, often with coloured 

 tips or edges. — S. W. Ontario, and rather common N.W. 



4. L. puncta'ta, Hook. -5eocJs4-5-_^o«>eref?, usually many 

 in a dense spike. Pappus plumose. Stem 10-30 inches high, 

 stout. Scales of the involucre acuminate. Leaves narrow- 

 ly linear. — N.W. 



15. VERNO'NIA, Schreb. Iron-weed. 



V. altiSS'ima, Nutt. Tall. Leaves lanceolate to lance- 

 oblong. Heads in an open oyme, the involucre purplish. — 

 Fields and roadsides, S. W. Ontario. 



