SYNGENESIA— POL.-FRUSTRAN. Centaurea. 463 



M. tomentosum luteum. Baiih. Pin. 140. Bauh. Hist. v. 3.». 1. 



138./. 

 Helichrysum alteram. Matth. Falgr. v. 2. 392./. 

 H. italicum. Camer. Epit. 7S8.f. Dalech. Hist. 776./. 

 Stratiotes lutea. Clus. Hisp. 371./. Dalech. Hist. 771./ 

 S. millefolia, flavo flore. Clus. Hist. v. 1. 330. 



In dry hilly pastures in Scotland and Ireland. 



On Spittle hill to the north-west of Balvie^ where it was found 

 "by the gardener at Balvie," and on hills in the neighbourhood 

 of Paisley, near Glasgow. Hopkirk. Sent to Mr. Sowerby from 

 Ireland. Engl. Bot. 



Perennial. July, August. 



Root woody, slightly creeping, with many long fibres. Stems 

 scarcely a foot high, curved at the base, then erect, round, leafy, 

 simple, woolly. Leaves doubly pinnatifid, woolly on both sides, 

 especially when young j their segments linear-lanceolate, acute, 

 simple or notched, crowded. Cal. woolly, its scales obovate, 

 edged with brown. Fl. densely corymbose, on woolly stalks j 

 the radius, as well as disk, of a golden yellow. The whole herb, 

 as well as the flowers, has an aromatic scent when rubbed. It 

 serves to decorate rock -work in gardens, but will not bear wet 

 or shade. 



SYNGENESIA. rOL.^FJWSTRANEA. 



410. CENTAUREA. Knapweed, Blue-bottle, 

 and Star-thistle. 



Linn. Gen. 442. Juss. 1/4. Fl. Br. 909. DeCand. Fr. v. 4. 88. 



Lam. t. 703. 

 Jacea. Juss.\7'S. Tourn. t. 254. 

 Cyanus. Juss.\74. Tourn. t. 254. (ucrhi. t.\G\. 

 Seridia. Juss. 173. 

 Calcitrapa. Juss.\7'S. G(crtn. t. 163. 



Nat. Ord. Covipositcc^ a, capita ta: Liim. 19. Ciiiaroccpha^ 

 lev, sect. 1, 2, vc)(C. Juss. 55. 



Common Cal. roundish, iiuhricattxi, with closely coiivrri^ing 

 scales, tenninatiii«j; variously. Car. L\)\\\\Knn\(\: Jturcts 

 all tubular, of 2 kinds ; those of the disk perfect, regu- 

 lar, with 5 ecjual spreading segments in their oblong tu- 

 mid limb, and a ^lender tube : those of the radius fewei-, 



