COMPOSITE. 5o 



larics. Plorcts all tubular and porfect, the tube produced at the 

 base into 2 spurs resembling auricles, which almost entirely 

 envelop the ovary and adhere to it. Achenes compressed, rounded 

 at the apex, ribbed, permanently invested with the corolla-tube; 

 epigynous disk without a crown or pappus. 



A white woolly herb with alternate oblong-lanceolate semi- 

 amplexicaul, entire, or crenulated leaves, and corymbose anthodes 

 of yellow flowers. 



The derivation of the name of this genus of plants appears to be from ctr (dis), 

 two, and tone (olis), the ear, — two-eared, in allusion to the fruit invested with the tube 

 of the corolla. 



SPECIES I— D lOTIS MARITIMA. Coss. 



Plate DCCXXV. 



Jieick Tc. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. XVI. Tab. CMXCVIIL Fig. 3. 



J^llht, Fl. Gall, et Germ, Exsicc. No. 1499. 



D. candidissima, De.^/unt. D. C. Prod. Vol. VI. p. 34. Gr. k Godr. Fl. de Fr. Vol. Jl. 



p. 159. 

 Santolina maritima, Linn. " MS." Sm. Eng. Bot. No. 141. 

 Athanasia maritima, Linn. Sp. Plant, p. 1182. 



The only known species. 



On sandy seashores a little to the north of Landguard Eort, 

 Suffolk ; near Camson Point, county "Wexford ; from wlicnce I 

 am favoured with specimens by Mr. Jolin AVaddy. It formerly 

 occurred in Cornwall, Devon, Dorsetsliire, Isle of Sheppey, near 

 Lowestoft, and in Anglesea, but is now extinct in all the localities 

 on the Southern coast. Abundant on the shores of St. Ouen's 

 Bay, Jersey. 



England, Ireland. Perennial. Autumn. 



Rootstock very long, woody, branched in a somewhat tufted 

 manner at the apex. Stems felted-cottony, ascending, G inches 

 to 1 foot long, rather thick, nearly simple except at the apex. 

 Leaves oblong or oblanccolate-oblong, creuate, densely felted- 

 cottony and white on both sides. Anthodes \ to f inch across, in 

 a dense terminal corymb ; peduncles short, those of the terminal 

 flowers very short. Phyllaries few, ovate, the inner ones broader, 

 so densely felted on the exterior that they are undistinguishable, 

 unless tlie one be raised from the other. Palea^ oval, acuminate. 

 Achenes curved, smooth, with 5 thick ribs, the greater part embraced 

 by the base of the corolla-tube, which descends on each side in an 

 elongated auricle. Plant white or hoary. 



Seaside Cotton-iceed. 



French, S'antoli/ic. Gorman, Ci/prcascn Kraut. 



