COMPOSITE. 99 



Sub-Genus II.— ENULA. Duh. 



Achenes cylindrical, finely striate all round, truncate or slightly 

 attenuated towards the apex. Pappus of a single row of shortly- 

 ciliated hairs. 



SPECIES IL— I NULA CONYZA. D.G. .^'^ fn^ p -t- , 



Plate DCCLXVII. 



Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. XVI. Tab. CMXXIII. 

 Billot, Fl. Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. No. 2090. 

 Couyza squarrosa, Linn. Sm. Eng. Bot. No. 1195. 



Stem corymho-paniculately branched towards the top. Uadical 

 leaves stalked, oblanceolate ; stem-leaves (except the lowest) sub- 

 sessile, those in the middle of the stem lanceolate or lanceolate- 

 elliptical, attenuated at the base ; all faintly and irregularly dentate- 

 serrate, pubescent on both sides. Anthodes very numerous, rather 

 small, aggregated in small corymbs at the extremity of the stem 

 and branches, which united form a compound corymb or corym- 

 bose-topped panicle. Pericline oblong - campanulate ; phyllaries 

 strapshaped, the outer ones a little broader, green, often purple 

 at the margin, adpressed with spreading tips, pubescent on the 

 back ; inner ones sub-scarious and ciliated. Plorets of the ray 

 with the ligule very short, not exceeding the phyllaries or pappus, 

 involute, toothed at the summit. Achenes glabrous with a few 

 hairs near the top, cylindrical, striated. Pappus of hairs in a 

 single row. 



On dry banks and in bushy places and woods, especially on 

 chalky soils. Hather common, extending as far North as West- 

 moreland and York. 



England. Biennial. Autumn. 



Stem erect, 1 to 4 feet high, striate, purple, branched in the 

 upper half with long erect-ascending slender generally nearly leafless 

 branches. Anthodes \ inch long, longer than broad, with the 

 inner phyllaries generally purple. Elorets yellow, scarcely ex- 

 ceeding the phyllaries. Achenes dark-brown, with rather strong 

 striae. Pappus dirty-white. Plant green, rather softly pubescent. 

 Lower leaves somewhat resembling those of the Eoxglove. 



JPloughmari' s Spikenard. 



Frencli, Aume Rude. German, Sparriger Alaat. 



