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with a soft, acrid, bitter resin, wliich develops a very agreeable aro- 

 matic odor when heated ; also a gum, albumen, lignin, traces of vol- 

 atile oil, wax, and various other saline substances. 



Inula BrUanica. Creepiug-rodted Elecampane. This species 

 lias a pei-ennial root ; the stem rises from two to three feet high, 

 dividing in the upper paz't mto two or three upriglit branches, or 

 peduncles eacli sustaining one very elegant large flower, of a deep 

 yellow color. These blossom in the greatest perfection in July, but 

 seldom ripen seeds in this climate, as it is a native of Germany. 



Inula saUcina. Willow-leaved Elecampane. The sttMii of this 

 species rises from one to three feet in heigiit ; the root is perennial, 

 aromatic, subastringent, smelling nuicli like cinnamon ; the stem is 

 also upright, smooth, hard, firm, tinged with red, gi'ooved or angular 

 toward the top, where it is usually branched ; the leaves alternate, 

 sessile, or half embracing, stifi", smooth, of a dark, shining green, very 

 slightly cut, and somewhat rugged about the edge ; the (lowers ter- 

 minating on alternate, one-flowered, grooved, reddish peduncles, form- 

 ing altogether a corymb ; the calycine scales in t\\ o rows, smooth, 

 brown, lanceolate, and curved back a little at the end ; tlie flower 

 is about an inch in diameter. It is a native of Germany. 



Inula saturcioldes. Savory-leaved Elecnnipane. This species 

 rises with a shrubby stalk about two feet high, di\nding into many 

 slender branches, which are hairy ; the leaves narrow, stiff, sessile, 

 — from the edge of these protrude long hairs, wliich are stiff, and 

 come out by paii's ; at the end of the branches are placed the naked 

 peduncles, fom* or five inches long, sustaining one .small, yellow 

 flower, somewhat radiated. It is a native of Vera Cruz. 



Inula fruticosa. Shrubby Elecampane. This species has a 

 stem ten or twelve feet high, divided into several woody branches ; 

 the leaves are about five inches long, and one inch and a luilf broad 

 in the middle, smooth on the upper side, but on the mider having 



