Plate 34. 
EEIGERON INCERTUS. 
Family, Composite : — Petals united. Corolla bearing the stamens. 
Anthers united in a ring round the style. Ovary 1-celled. Fruit 
1-seeded. 
Genus, Erigeron (Fledbane) : — Herbs. Leaves alternate, often in a 
cluster at base. Very like Aster, differing mainly in having more 
numerous and narrower involucral bracts and ray florets. 
Erigeron incertus, (d'Urv.) Skottsh., E. SuUivani, Hook. /. 
Plant about 3 or 4 in. high, hairy. Stem erect, with a few- 
narrow leaves. Leaves mostly arranged in a rosette at the 
base of the stem, entire, ovate, with somewhat rounded apices. 
Flower heads solitary and terminal. Involucral bracts hairy. 
Flowers white. 
Dry places. Rare. 
East and West Falklands. 
Description of plate :— 1, whole plant ; 2, section of flower head ; 
3, ray flower ; 4, disc flower ; 5, disc flower opened ; 6, stamens ; 7, 
stigma ; 8, fruit. All except 1 enlarged. 
