PETASIIES. — EEieEEON. 183 



\JP. fragrans (Presl), Sy. E. B. 781, wliich has shortly ligu- 

 late female fl., is established in some places in the South. — P. 

 albus (Gaert), Sy. E. B. 782, with white or cream-coloured fl., 

 and much smaller deeply scolloped l.,is established in Scotland.] 



3. Tttssila'ctO Linn, Coltsfoot. 



1. T. Far'fara (L.).— -B. B. 429. R. xvi. 904.— Soboliferous. 

 Fl. appearing before the l.,in bright yellow solitary heads, erect 

 in blossom and seed, drooping before and after flowering ; their 

 stalks clothed with scalelike smooth bracts. L. roundish-cor- 

 date, angidar, toothed, downy beneath, — Moist chalky and clay 

 soils. P.m. IV. E.S.I. 



Tribe III. Asteroidece. 



PI. of ray female or neuter, ligulate (or in lAnosyrii 0) ; of 

 disk tubular. Anth. not tailed. Style-branches flattened with 

 a subcorneal tip. Leaves alternate. 



4. (7.) As'iER lAnn. Starwort. 



1. A. Tripdlium (L.) ; st. glabrous corymbose, 1. linear-lan- 

 ceolate fleshy smooth, involucre imbricate, phyll. blunt mem- 

 branous the inner ones longer. — E. B. 87. M. xvi. 907. — St. 1 

 — 2 feet high, erect, hollow, leafy, many-flowered. Heads 

 large ; disk yellow ; rays bright blue, often wanting. — Muddy 

 salt marshes. P. VIH. IX. E. S. L 



[A. saligmis (W.) is established in Wicken Fen, Cambridge- 

 shire, and A. kingif alius at and about Seggieden, Perth ; but they 

 are probably both escapes from gardens. Other species are 

 occasionally found.] 



5. (8.) Erig'eeoa' Linn. Meabane. 



*1. E. canaden'sis (L.) ; st. much branched hairy panicled 

 many-}ieaded,\. linear-lanceolate ciliate. — E.B. I019.---St. erect, 

 1 — 2 feet high. Heads many, small, yellowish. Inv. cylindri- 

 cal, scarcely shorter than the fl. of the ray, finally spreading. — 

 Waste ground rare. A. Vin. IX. E. 



3. E. dcris (L.) ; st. corymbose, branches alternate 1-headed, 

 1. Unear-lanoeolate entire spreading, lower 1. narrowed below, 

 ray erect scarcely longer than the disk, inner female fl. filiform 

 many.— -B. B. 1158. R. xvi. 917.— St. erect, 6—18 in. high, 

 simple below, corymbosely branched above, often several from 

 one root. Fl. yellow, the ray pale blue. — Drv gravelly places 

 and walls. B. VH. VIH. Blue Fleabane. ' E. S. I. 



