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only on the mountains of the Highlands.— Fl. August. Peren- 

 nial. 



5. G. supinum (Dwarf Cudweed). — A low tufted plant, with 

 leaves mostly radical, and almost leafless scapes bearing i — 5 

 heads, also confined to Plighland mountains. — Fl. July, August. 

 Perennial. 



Inula HELixiUM {Elecampane), 



10. Inula (Elecampane). — ^lostly stout, stiff, erect plants; 

 leaves scattered, simple ; heads yellow, with a ray ; bracts herba- 

 ceous, imbricate in many rows ; receptacle naked ; anthers with 

 two bristles at the base ; pappus of one row of hairs. (Name 

 probably a corruption of Helenula, Little Helen.) 



I. /. Helenium (Elecampane). — A stout plant, 3 — 5 feet high, 

 slightly branched ; leaves oblong, wrinkled, downy beneath, 

 toothed, the lower ones long-stalked, a foot or more in length, 

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