COMPOSITE FAMILY 



Helichrysum wrenhrium, a perennial species, bearing small, 

 globular heads in compact little corymbs, is extensively cultivated 

 in France and used in the manufacture of memorial wreaths and 

 crosses. The flowers are naturally yellow, but are bleached and 

 dyed in various colors. They are not as beautiful as the Cape 

 flowers. 



PEARLY EVERLASTIKG 



Andphalis margaritacea. 



Anaphalis, Greek, without known significance. 



A beautiful, perennial Everlasting, growing upon dry soil virtually 

 throughout the United States, except on the extreme southern coast. 

 Also found in northern Asia. August, September. 



Stem. — Erect, leafy, one to three feet high, floccose, woolly, corjTn- 

 bosely branched at summit. 

 Leaves. — Alternate, entire, linear-lanceolate, narrowed to a sessile 



base, revolute at margin, green-downy 

 above and woolly beneath; the lowest 

 often spatulate, obtuse. 



Flower-heads. — Discoid; of dioeci- 

 ous flowers, many, borne in terminal, 

 compound corjrmbs. 



Pistillate florets. — With tubular five- 

 toothed corolla; two-cleft style and 

 copious pappus of capillary, separate 

 bristles. 



Staminate florets. — With a slender 

 corolla; an undivided style; anthers 

 tailed at the base; pappus not abun- 

 dant. 



Involucre. — Campanulate; bracts 

 ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, pearly-white, 

 imbricated in severaf series. 



Receptacle. — Convey, not chaffy. 



Pappus. — Several bristles; akenes 



Pearly Everlasting. Andphalis oblong. 



margaritdcea 



The Pearly Everlasting bears 

 many small flower-heads, each consisting of several rows of per- 

 sistent white bracts, ranged around a disk crowded with tubular 



