104 ENGLISH BOTANY. 



high. Leaves numerous, small, withering at the base of the stem 

 before the flowers expand. Pericline :^ to f inch across, with the 

 ray inconspicuous from its being short and nearly erect. Achenes 

 brown, hairy. Inner pappus of few hairs, shorter than the achene ; 

 outer one of scales divided to the base. Plant dull-green, slightly 

 pubescent and somewhat clammy. 



Lesser Fleabane. 



Frencli, Aunee Commune. German, Gemeines Flblikraut. 



The common name of this plant origin5,tes in a belief that its scent is obnoxious to 

 fleas. Gerarde says : " The herb, hurried where flies, gnats, fleas, or any venemous things 

 are, doth drive them away." 



Tribe VIII.— ERIGERINEiE. 



Leaves alternate or all radical. Anthodes generally hetero- 

 gamous and radiant. Florets of the disk tubular, perfect, of the 

 ray generally female and ligulate. Anthers without basal appen- 

 dages. Style of the perfect flowers with the branches compressed, 

 flat above, often acuminate at the apex, with the stigmatic lines 

 marginal, conspicuous, usually not extending quite to the apex 

 of the branches. Achenes generally compressed, with or without 

 ribs. Pappus usually present, composed of hairs, rarely palea- 

 ceous or crown-like. 



GENUS XXI ~B ELLIS. Linn. 



Anthodes heterogamous and radiant, many-flowered. Pericline 

 hemispherical, at length disciform, consisting of 2 rows of nearly 

 equal herbaceous phyllaries. Clinanth conical, naked, pitted. 

 Plorets of the disk perfect, regular, with a tubular corolla ; those 

 of the ray numerous, in a single row, female, with a ligulate 

 corolla. Achenes compressed from back to front, margined, 

 without ribs. Pappus none. 



Perennial or annual herbs, nearly stemless, with the leaves in 

 rosettes. Anthodes solitary, on naked scapes. Plorets of the disk 

 yellow, of the ray white, purple, or red. 



The name of this genus of plants comes from the word hellus, pretty. 



SPECIES I— BELLI S PERENNIS. Linn. 



Plate DCCLXXII. 



Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. XVI. Tab. CMXVIII. Fig. G. 

 Billot, Fl. Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. No. 255. 



