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late the lower ones elliptical, racemes panicled erect crowded. 

 Ligliff.p.4S2. E. B. /.301. 



HAB. ^Mountainous pastures air] woods, plentiful. 



Six inches to 2 3 feet high. Lower leaves petiolate, broad ; upper 

 ones sessile, recurved, all move or less downy. A var. is found in 

 elevated situations with broader radical leaves and fewer flowers 

 upon a very short stem. This has been made a species by some 

 authors. Has been used as a vulnerary and diuretic. 

 30. INULA. 



1. I. Ueleninm (Elecampane] > leaves amplexicaul somewhat 

 toothed ovate rugged downy beneath, scales of the involucre 

 downy. Light/. ', p. 484. ~E.B.t. 1546. 



HAD.. Lowlands, near houses and gardens, Dr. Parsons; who did not 

 believe it to be really a native. Ruins of Mugdoch Castle, Hopk. 

 Castle of Inverugie , also at St. Fergus, Aberdeenshire, Mr. Mur- 

 Tai t . Near Aros, in Mull, Mr. Turner and Hook. K.July, Aug. 7/ . 



Three to five feet high, branching upwards. Flowers large, terminal, 

 solitary, deep yellow. Scales of the involucre broad and leafy, 

 spreading. 



2. I. dy sent erica (common Flea-lane), leaves oblongo-cordate 

 nmplexieaui rugged downy, stem woolly panicled, scales of the 

 involucre setaceous. E. J3. t. 1115. 



HAB. Moist and watery places, rare. Near the Mull-head of Gal- 

 loway, Mavgh. Fl. Aug. I/ . 

 One foot high. Flowers rather large, yellow, with longish rays. 



3. I. crithmoides (Samphire-leaved Flea-bane), leaves linear 

 fleshy generally 3- pointed. Lighif. p. \ 107- E.B. t. 68. 



KAB. Sea-shore, rare. Ardbighiml, in the county of Galloway, Dr. 



Burgess. Near the Mull-head of Galloway, with /. dysenterica, 



Maugk. Fl. Aug. 1J. . 

 One foot high, a little branched at the summit, each branch bearing 



a solitary yellow Jtower. 



31. DORONICUM. 



1. D. Pardallanc/ies (great Leopard* s-lcme) , leaves cordate 

 repando-dentate radical ones- petiolate cauline ones amplex- 

 icaul. LJgklf. p. 485. E. B. t. 630. 



HAD. Several places in the Lowlands, as about Hoddam Castle, in 

 Annandale, &c., but always near houses, Light/. Fields and hedges 

 about Hamilton, Hopk. Woods near Culross, Den of Dupplin 

 and Rosslyn, Maugh. Collingtoir, G. Don. Scarcely indigenous. 

 FL June, July. I/. . 



Two to three feet high, every where pubescent. Radical leaves very 

 large, in simple long petioles, more or less decidedly cordate j 

 lower cauline ones with the petiole winged and eared at the base ; 

 upper ones cordate or oblong. When oblong it seems to be the 

 .D. scorpiodes of Decaud. and Willcl. ; nor do I see from the de- 

 scription how D. plantaglnciiru differs specifically. Floverx large, 

 bright yellow. 



