COiirOolIE FAMILY. 



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i. E. Canaden'se, L. Stem hirsute, paniculately branched ; leaves 

 lance-: inear, mostly entire, hispidly ciliate ; heads of flowers email, nu- 

 merous, racemose on the branches ; rays minute. 

 Canadian Erigeron. Horse-weed. Butter-weed. 



Root annual. Stem. 6 inches to 5 or 6 feet high. Lmves 1 - 3 or 4 inches long, sessile, — 

 the lower ones sparingly dentate. Rays white, very narrow, scarcely longer than the 

 straw-colored pappus. Akenes oblong, sparsely hispid. 



Fields, road-sides, and waste places : throughout the United States. Fl. August -Sept. 

 J^V. September - October. 



Fig. 116. Portion of the upper part of the stem of Canada Fleabaue (Erigeron Cana- 

 dense). 117. A separate floret. 



