27. COMPOSITE. 



89 



fine I'ib.s (in the inner tare, 

 crowned by tlie persistant base 

 of the corolla. 



Moist places, lielair, Bridge- 

 Avater. — Dec.-Apl. — ^Yestern Eu- 

 rope from England to Spain. 



2. A. Cotula, L. Mayirrnl. 

 Ill-smelling, branching annual ; 

 leaves bipinnatisect, with linear 

 segments ; receptacle conical with 

 awlshaped scales ; ray white, 

 centre yellow : akenes tvibercu- 

 late, without a l)order at the top. 



Waste and cultivated places. — 

 Nov. -Jan. — Europe ; temperate 

 Asia. 



13. Pallenis, Cassini. 



(Latin paJea, a scale; alluding to 

 the scales of the receptacle.) 

 Involucral bracts stiff, over- 

 lapping, terminatifig in a short 

 spine, the (Juter bracts long and 

 spreading ; receptacle flat, beset 

 with stiff, mucronate 



Anthemis nobilis. 



flowers numei-ous, tubu- 

 outer flowers in 2 



Pallenis spinosa. 



scales ; 

 central 

 lar, bisexual, 

 row.s, female, ligulate, 3-toothed 

 at summit. 



1. Pallenis spinosa, Cass. 

 Erect, hairy, branching biennial; 

 leaves entire, villous, the lower 

 ones oval-oblong, the upper ones 

 oblong-lanceolate, half-clasping, 

 mucronate ; akenes of the ray 

 compressed, broadly Avinged. sur- 

 mounted by one half of the 

 short, scaly, jagged pappus ; cen- 

 tral akenes subcompressed, with 

 o downy ribs and a crown- 

 shaped pappus; flowers yellow. 

 }i\i)>h thai mum spinosum. L. 



Near Paskeville. Oct. -Dec. — 

 Mediterranean region. 



14. Galinsog.x, Cavanilles. 



(Named after a Spanish 



physician.) 



Involucral bracts few, equal, 

 in 1 row; central flowers bisexual, 

 tubular, outer flowers female, 

 ligulate; style-branches acute; 



