244 SYNGEN. POLYGAM. SUPERF. 



Leaves embrucing the stem with their broad-eared base. '"■"Habit ot 

 tiie following. Flouers deep yellow, small," Sm. 



4. S. si/lvaiicui {Muuntain Groundsel), ray revolute, leaves 

 sessile piiinatifiJ lobed and toothed, scales of the involucre 

 very short glabrous, stem erect straight corymbose. Lightf. 

 p. 480. £. B. t. 74S. 



Hah. Drv upland soils, banks and mounds of earth, Sec, Lightf. 



Alx)ut ToUcross, Gkvsg., Hnpk. Fl. Jidy. © . 

 One foot high. Leave^^ finely divided. Plunt with a disagreeable 



smell, but not so powerful as in S. ciscosus. 



*KTr piowers raijed, with the raij patent. Leaves piamitijid. 



5. S. Jacohcea {coyvmon Ragwort), ray spreading, leaves lyrate 

 bipinnatiftd divaricated toothed glaltrous, stem erect, pericarps 

 hairy. Lightf . p. 480. E. B. t. 1 130. 



Hab. \\'av-sldes and neglected upland pastures, too abundant. Fl. 

 July, Aug. 1/ . 



Stnn 2 — 3 feet high, striated, branched. Flowers large, golden yel- 

 low, in corvmbs. Pericarps of the circumference hairy, those of 

 the disk glabrous. 



6. S. aquatkus {Marsh Ragwort), ray spreading, leaves lyrate 

 serratcfl glabrous, the lowermost obovate and undivided, invo- 

 lucre !ieuiisj)ha;rical, pericarps glabrous. Lightf. p. ASb [S. 

 Jucohea y.). E. B. iA\S{. 



Hab. Wet places, and by the sides of lakes. Fl. July, Aug. 1/ . 

 Flowers larger than the last. 



**** Flowers rayed. Leaves undivided. 



7. S. saracenici/j (broad- leafed Groundsel), ray spreading, 

 leaves lanceolate sharply serrated nearly glabrcus, corymbs of 

 rather few flowers. E. B. /. 221 1. " 



Hab. Moist meadowy and pastures, rare. In a small island on the 

 Clvde a little below Bothwell-bridge, Dr. Brown. Border of a field 

 near Mugdoch Castle, Glasg., Hopk. Bank of Eningtur, a stream 

 flowing into the Don, Anderson. Between Castle Douglas and near 

 ?>'ew Galloway, Maugh. Fl. July, .Vug. 1/ . 



Three to five feet high. Kay of the fuwer with very broad ligulatt 

 floretvS. 



28. ASTER. 



1. A. Tripolium {Sea Slnr-ivort), stem glabrous corymbose, 

 leaves linear-lanceolate fleshy obscurely .3- nerved, scales of the 

 involucre lanceolate membranous obtuse imbricated. Linhtf. 

 p. 4S2. E.B.t.SJ. 



Hab. Salt marshes on the sea-coasts, plentiful. Fl. Aug., Sept. 1/ . 



One foot to two feet high. Flowers with the disk yellow ; the ray 

 blueish purple, but this latter is often wanting. 



29. SOLIDAGO. 

 1. S. f^irgaurea {commoii Golden-rod), cauline leaves lauceo- 



