184 45. COMPOSITE. 



3. E. alpimes (L.) ; st. mostly witli a single head, 1. lanceolate 

 lower 1. narrowed below, ray spreading twice as long as the (Kskf 

 inner female fl. tubular filiform many. — E. B. 464. R. x\\, 

 914. — St. 4 — 8 in. bigh, usually ending in a solitary head with 

 a yellow disk and light-pui-ple ray. Inv. hairy. — (3. E. uniflorus 

 (Sm. not L.) has a shorter and more erect ray and a rather more 

 hairy involucre. E. S. 2416. — Highland mountains. P. VII. 

 VIII. S. 



6. (15.) Bbl'lis Linn. Daisy. 



1. B, peren'nis (L.) ; 1. obovate-spathulate crenate-dentate. 

 — E, B. 424. — St. a short procumbent rhizome producing 1. 

 only at its end. Stalks simple, each bearing a single head, 

 Sometimes all the fl. are ligulate ; rarely all are tubular. — Banks 

 and pastures. P. III.— X. E.S.I. 



7. (9.) Solida'go Linn. Golden Eod. 



1. S. Virgaurea (L.) ; st. erect slightly angular, 1. lanceolate 

 narrowed at both ends, lower 1. elliptic stalked serrate, raceme 

 erect simple or compound, ph3'll. lanceolate acute, fr. downy. — 

 E. B. 301. R. XVI. 911.— St. usuaUy 1— S feet high, leafy, 

 nearly simple, ending in a long cluster of yellow heads. — /3. art- 

 gustifolia (Koch) ; 1. all lanceolate. — y. S. cambrica (Huds.) ; st. 

 2 — 6 in. high, 1. ovate-lanceolate, heads larger. — Woods and 

 thickets, y on mountains. P. VII.— IX. E. S. I. 



8. (6.) Linost'eis Cand. Goldilocks. 



1. L. vulgdris (Oass.) ; herbaceous, 1. linear glabrous entire, 

 heads corymbose, inv. lax. — Ch-ysocoma Linosyris L. E. B. 2.505. 

 — St. 12 — 18 in. high, simple, leafy. L. single-ribbed, smooth or 

 rough, very many, more or less dotted. Fl. yellow. — Limestone 

 cliffs, rare. P. VlII. IX. E. 



Tribe IV. Inulece. 



Heads never dioecious. Fl. of ray female or neuter, ligulate, 

 in one row, or wanting ; of disk perfect, tubulai-. Anth. with 

 slender tails. Style-branches broadened upwards and rounded. 

 L. alternate. 



9. (10.) I'lfULA Linn, 



XI. I. Helhiium (L.) ; outer pihyll. ovate, inner ohovate, 1. un- 

 equally dentate downy beneath cordate-ovate acute clasping, 

 root-1. stalked elliptic-oblong, fr. quadrangular glabrous— %. 

 E. B. 7G6. R. xvi. 921.— St. 3—4 feet high, round, furrowed, 

 solid, leafy, branched above. Heads few together or solitary, 



