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limn vulgare DC. — St. 1 — 2 feethip^h, erect, hollow, leafy, manj- 
flowered. Heads large ; disk yellow ; rays bright blue, often 
wanting. — Muddy salt marshes. P. VIII. "IX. E. S. I. 
5. (8.) Ekig'eeon Linn. Fleabane. 
*1. E. canaden'sis (L.) ; st. much branched \ndrY jmnicled 
many-headed, 1. linear-lanceolate ciliate; — E. B. 2019. — St. erect, 
1—2 feet high. Heads many, small, yellowish. Involucres 
cylindrical, scarcely shorter than the fl. of the ray, finally 
spreading. — Waste ground, rare. A. VIH. IX. E. 
2. E. dcris (L.) ; st. corymbose, branches alternate 1-headed, 
1. linear-lanceolate entire spreading, lower 1. narrowed below, 
ray erect scarce!)/ longer than the dish, 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. vellow, the ray pale blue. — Dry gravelly places 
and walls. B. VH. VIH. Blue Fleabane. E.S.I. 
3. E. alpinus (L.) ; st. mostly with a single head, 1. lanceolate, 
lower 1. narrowed below, ray spreading twice as long as the disk, 
inner female fl. tubular filifomi many. — E. B. 404. Jt. x^l. 914. 
— St. 4 — 8 in. high, usually ending in a solitary head with a 
yellow disk and light -purple ray. Involucre hairy. — /3. E. uni- 
fiorns (Sm. not L.) has a snorter and more erect ray and a rather 
more hairy involucre. E. B. 2410. — Highland mountains. P. 
vn. vin. . s. 
6. (15.) Bel'lis lAnn. Daisy. 
1. B. peren'nis (L.) ; 1. obovate-spathulate single-ribbed cre- 
nate-dentate. — E. B. 424. — St. a short procumbent rhizome pro- 
ducing 1. only at its end. Stalks simple, each bearing a single 
head. Sometimes aU the fl. are ligulate, rarely all are tubular. 
— Banks and pastures. P. IH. — X. E. S. I. 
7. (9.) Solida'go Linn. Golden Rod. 
1. S. Virgaurea (L.) ; st. erect slightly angidar, 1. lanceolate 
narrowed at both ends, lower 1. elliptic stalked serrate, raceme 
erect simple or conipoimd, phyll. lanceolate acute, ft. downy. — 
E. B. 301. R. xvi. 911.— St. usually 1—3 feet high, leafy, nearlj^ 
simple, ending in a long cluster of yellow heads. — ^. angmti- 
folia (Koch) ; 1. all lanceolate. — y. S. cambrica (Iluds.) ; st. 2 — 6 
in. high, 1. ovate-lanceolate, heads larger. — Woods and thickets. 
/3. on mountains. P. VII.— IX. E. S. I. 
8. (6.) Ltnost'ris Cand. 
1. L. vulgdris (Cass.) ; herbaceous, 1, linear glabrous, heads 
