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THE COMPOSITE FAMILY. 



inch in diameter ; the florets like those 

 of the common JE., except that the outer 

 pink or purplish ones are longer, more 

 decidedly ligulate, forming a distinct 

 spreading ray. 



In mountain pastures, in northern 

 Europe, Asia, and America, to the Arctic 

 regions, and in the higher mountain- 

 ranges further south. In Britain, con- 

 fined to some of the eastern Highlands 

 of Scotland. Fl. summer, rather late. 



Fig. 495. 



3. Canadian Erigeron. Erigeron canadensis, Linn. 

 (Fig. 496.) 



(Eng. Bot. t. 2019.) 



A stiff, erect annual, 1 to 2 feet high, 

 glabrous, except a few long, spreading 

 hairs. Leaves narrow, and entire or 

 slightly toothed. Flower-heads very 

 small, green or whitish ; very numerous, 

 forming a long, narrow, leafy panicle. 

 Florets minute, the outer ones filiform, 

 scarcely longer than the involucre, and 

 slightly tinged with red ; central ones 

 tubular, yellowish- white. 



A native of North America, now esta- 

 blished in the greatest abundance as a 

 roadside weed in almost all temperate 

 and hot countries, and appears occa- 

 sionally as such in England. Fl. summer 

 and autumn. 



Fig. 496. 



