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I.)ry woods ; common. On mountainous heaths a variety (var. 

 cdiiibriLa) occurs with short stems, broader leaves, and larger 

 flower-heads. — Fl. July — September. Perennial. 



3. Bellis (Daisy). — Small plants; leaves usually all radical; 

 heads solitary ; breiets in i or 2 rows, herbaceous, equal, blunt ; 

 receptacle naked, conical ; ray-florets in i row, ligulate, white or 

 pink ; disk-florets yellow ; jruit compressed ; no -pappus. (Name 

 from the Latin bellus, pretty.) 



SOLIdAco \'llvr,Al'rRFA (CoMt/U-rOlT). 



p.Ki.i.i^ rjiivfiNNls {Corrnnon Daisy). 



I. li. peremiis ((.'ommon Daisy). — The' only Britisli species ; 

 leaves obovate-spathulate, fleshy, in a radical rosette ; scape 2 — 

 4 in. high ; ray-florels generally white, tipped with crimson. — 

 Pastures ; very common. A universal favourite. — Fl. nearly all 

 the year rtjund. IVrennial, 



4. AsTicR (Startwort). — Leaves scatteri^d, simple; heads gener- 

 ally with 1 row of purple, blue, or white liay-florets ; disk yellow ; 

 bracts imbricate, herbaceous ; receplacle naked, hone)'Combed ; 



