SYNGEN.— POLYGAM. SUPERF. 24iJ 



late the lower ones elliptical, racemes panicled erect crowded. 

 Light/, p. 482. E. B.t. 301 . 



Hab. Mountainous pastures an:! woods, plentiful. 



J5ix inches to 2 — 3 feet high. Lower leaves petiolate, broad ; upper 

 ones sessile, recurved, all more or less downy. A var. is found in 

 elevated situations with broader radical leaves and fewer flowers 

 upon a very short stem. This has been made a sjjecies by some 

 authors. Has been used as a vulnerarv and diuretic. 



30. INULA. 



1. I. Helenhtm (Elecampane), leaves amplexicniil somewhat 

 toothed ovate ruji:ged downv beneath, scales of the involucre 

 downy. Lighr/: p. 484. E. B. t. L546. 



ILiB. Lowlands, near houses and gardens, JJr. Par^ions ; who did not 

 believe it to be really a native. Ruins of Mugdoch Castle, Hopk. 

 Castle of Inverugie; also at St. Fergus, Aberdeensliire, Mr.Mur- 

 ray. Near Aros^ in Mull, Mr. 7'Mrwe/- and Hoo/r. H.July, Aug. "2/. 



Three to five feet high, branching upwards. Flowers large, terminal, 

 solitary, deep yellow. Scales of the involucre broad and leafv, 

 spreading. 



2. I. dtj sen I erica {common Flea-lane), leaves oblongo-cordate 

 amplexicaul rugged downy, stem woolly panicled, scales of the 

 involucre setaceous. E. B.t, 11 15. 



Hab. Moist and watery places, rare. Near the Mall-head of Gal- 

 loway, M«7/.o-/?. F/. Aug. 1/. 

 One foot high. Flowers rather large, yellow, with longish ra^<!. 



3. I. crit/im,oides {Samphire-teaved Flea-bane), leaves linear 

 fleshy generally 3-pointed. IJohtf. p. \ lOJ. E. B. t. 68. 



Hab. Sea-shore, rare. Ardbigland, in the county of Galloway, Dr. 



Burgess. Near the Mull-head of Galloway, with /. dyseiiierica, 



Maugh. Fl. Aug. 1/ . 

 One foot high, a little branched at the smnmit, cacli branch bearine- 



a solitary y&Xiowfiower. 



31. DORONICUM. 



1. D. Pardalianches {great Leopard' a-lane), leaves cordate 

 repando-dentate radical ones petiolate cauline ones amplev- 

 icaul. LighlJ. p. 485. E. B. t. 630. 



Kab. Several places in the Lowlands, as about Hoddarn Castle, in 

 Ar.nandale, Ac, but always near houses, Ligliff. Fields and hedo-es 

 about Hamilton, Hopk. Woods near Culross, Den of Dupplin 

 and Rosslyn, Maugh. Collington, G. Don. — Scarcely indigenous. 

 F/. June, July. 11. 



Two to three feet high, every where pidjescent. Radical leaves very 

 large, in simple long petioles, more or less decidedly cordate; 

 lower cauline ones with the petiole winged and eared at the base ; 

 upper ones cordate or oblong. AMien oblong it seems to be" the 

 D.scorpiodes of Decand. and Willd. ; nor do I see from the de- 

 s('ri]ition how D. pluHtagineuni dilYcrs spccificallv. Floacrs large, 



, bi'ight yellow. 



