166 PLANTS FROM PEITAIHO 



Aster fastigiatus, Ledeb. — Sand flats. — 18 in. ; flowers 



small, white, disk yellow, in dense clusters. 

 Aster indicus, L. — Sand flats. — 18 in. ; rays white or 



purple; leaves all entire. 

 Aster mongolicus, Franch. — Sand flats. — 18 in. ; rays 



white; basal leaves lobed or toothed. 

 Aster Tripolium, L. — Brackish mud. — Stem swollen at 



base; rays purple, Aug; leaves entire, narrow. — "Sea 



Aster. " 

 Antennaria ? — Open ground. — Low, 6 in. ; 



white-woolly. — " Everlasting flower." 

 Gnaphalium multiceps, Wall. — Stream at dunes. — - 



Erect, woolly; flowers light yellow, leaves linear. 

 Inula ammophila, Bge. — Sand flats. — Erect. 9 in. ; 



flowers yellow; leaves short, linear, fleshy. 

 Inula britannica, var. japonica, Franch. — Banks. — Erect, 



leafy, coarse; flowers yellow; leaves lanceolate, 



alternate. 

 Inula britannica, var. linariaefolia, Eegel. — Sand flats. — 



Leaves narrower, like Toadflax. 

 Xanthium strumarium, L. — Waste heaps. — Coarse; 



fruit a prickly bur. — " Cocklebur." 



Eclipta alba, Hassk. — Margin of saline ponds. — Slender, 



12 in.; Heads on elongated peduncles; rays short, 



white; leaves opposite. 

 Bidens parviflora, Willd. — Lotus Hills. — Erect, 11 in. ; 



heads narrow, leaves pinnatifld with linear divisions. 

 Bidens pilosa, L. Dry ditch. Similar, but leaflets wide 



and toothed. 



Myriogyne minuta, Less. — Mud at margin of pond. — 

 Small 3 — 4 in. ; heads axillary, small, sessile. 



Artemisia apiacea, Hance. — Lotus Hills. — 18 in. ; leaves 

 Celery-like. 



Artemisia scoparia, Wall. — Gardens. — Leaves with 

 capillary divisions. 



Artemisia vestita, Wall. — Gardens. — Leaves bi-pin- 

 natifid, hoary beneath. 



Artemisia vulgaris, L. — Waste places. — Leaves pin- 

 natifld, white beneath. — "Mugwort." 



Senecio campestris, DC. — Sand flats. — 10 in. ; white 

 woolly; flowers yellow; radical leaves ovate, entire. 

 "Field Fleabane." 



Senecio ambraceus, Tur,cz. — Banks.— 13 in. ; flowers* 

 yellow. Sept. ; leaves, toothed and divided. 



