COMPOSITE 5 



A. Ray-flowers erect: — E. acris, L., Flea-bane; 

 capitules numerous, stem-leaves linear-oblong, half clasp- 

 ing, entire, slightly hairy; dry banks in the lowlands; 

 common. E. angulosus, Gaud.; leaves narrower, glabrous, 

 ray-flowers pink or bright red ; dry, alpine. 



B. Ray-flowers spreading ; capitule solitary : — E. uni- 

 florus, L. ; ray-flowers lilac or white, involucral bracts 

 green, very woolly, radical leaves blunt ; alpine pastures. 

 E. neglectus, Kern. ; ray-flowers peach-coloured, bracts 

 reddish-brown, very woolly, radical leaves short, thick; 

 Alps, Tirol. 



C. Ray-flowers spreading ; capitules usually numerous : 

 — E. alpinus, L. ; stem 4-12 in., branched, with from 2 

 to 5 capitules, covered like the leaves with long hairs, 

 leaves linear-oblong ; alpine pastures ; Switzerland, Jura, 

 Dauphiny, Pyrenees. E. Villarsii, Bell. ; stem glandular- 

 hairy, 10-15 in., capitule larger (i in. diam.), ray-flowers 

 purple; Switzerland, Tirol, Carinthia, Dauphiny. E. 

 Schleicheri, Grml. ; stem 4-6 in., slightly glandular, capi- 

 tules smaller, ray-flowers white or light violet ; Southern 

 Switzerland, rare (Simplon, Zermatt, Saas). E. glabra- 

 tus, H. and H. ; stem 4-6 in., female flowers few or o, 

 leaves ciliate, stem-leaves nearly glabrous; alpine pas- 

 tures ; local. E. Prantlii, Dal. Tor. ; female flowers 

 numerous, stem and stem-leaves hairy; Bavaria. 



9. SOLIDAGO, L. 



Capitules usually in branched scorpioid cymes ; flowers 

 all yellow; ray-flowers female; stigmas of disk-flowers 

 tipped with papillose cones. Not alpine. 



^. Virgaurea, L., Golden Rod; woods, common. S. 



