Soliddgo .] xlvi. composite : corymbifeile. 251 
Waste and cultivated ground, in England, occasionally. ©. 8, 9. 
— Florets of the disk whitish-yellow ; of the ray whitish, tinged with 
red, scarcely longer than the pappus. 
2. E. dcris L. (blue F.); peduncles 1 -headed alternate some- 
what corymbose, ray erect scarcely longer than the disk, inner 
pistillate florets filiform, pappus as long as the florets of the ray, 
leaves lanceolate obtuse. E. B. t. 1158. 
Dry gravelly or chalky pastures, walls, &c. <? . 7, 8. — Stems 
1 — 14 ft. high; whole plant scabrous, hispid, erect, panicled above 
and leafy ; heads of flowers terminal, pedunculate from the axils of 
the leaves. Leaves below tapering into a foot-stalk. Florets of the 
disk yellow ; of the ray ligulate, purplish. Pappus tawny. 
3. E. alpinus L. (alpine F.) ; stem with one or few heads, 
florets of the ray nearly twice as long as the involucre, inner- 
most pistillate florets tubular-filiform without a ligule, leaves 
lanceolate, radical ones spathulate. E. B. t. 464. E. uniflorus 
Sm. : E. B. t. 2416. 
Highland mountains, not uncommon on the Breadalbane and Clova 
ranges. 7,8. — Hairy or hispid, like the last, but with leaves 
much longer in proportion. Stem 3 — 5 inches high, simple with 
rarely more than one head of flowers at the summit. The liyules of 
the pistillate florets become gradually narrower and sometimes shorter 
as they approach the disk, the innermost row being wholly or partially 
destitute of them. We have examined original specimens of Smith’s 
E. uniflorus from G. Don, from Ben Lawers : they have quite the 
structure of the florets of E. alpinus, although the ligules be shorter 
and more erect from growing in a more exposed situation ; the invo- 
lucre, although rather more hairy, is not woolly as in the arctic 
E. uniflorus of Linnaeus. 
36. A'ster Linn. Starwort. Michaelmas Daisy. 
Achenes compressed. Pappus pilose, in many rows. Re- 
ceptacle naked. Involucre imbricated, sometimes with a few 
scales on the peduncle. Anthers without bristles at the base. 
Florets of the disk yellow ; of the ray purple or white, and in 1 
or very rarely 2 < rows. — Name : aster , a star; which the flowers 
resemble. 
1. A. Tripulium L. (Sea S.'ov M .) ; stem glabrous corymbose, 
leaves linear-lanceolate fleshy obscurely 3-nerved, scales of 
the involucre lanceolate membranous obtuse all imbricated, the 
inner ones longer. E. B. t. 87. Tripolium vulgare Nees. 
Salt-marshes, frequent. 2f. 8, 9. — The florets of t the ray arc 
sometimes wanting. 
37. Solidago Linn. Golden-rod. 
Achenes terete. Pappus pilose, rough, in a single row. Re- 
ceptacle naked. Involucre closely imbricated. Anthers without 
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