CL. XIX.] SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA JEQUALIS. 319 



large, yellow. Annual : flowers in September : grows by the sides of 

 ditches and ponds: frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. xvi. pi. 1114. Eng. Fl. 

 vol. iii. p. 399. 1 165. 



2. J3. tripartita. Three-cleft Bur-marigold. Leaves divided into three 

 segments ; bracteas lance-shaped, unequal ; bristles of the seeds two or 



three, erect. Stem two or three feet high : flowers brownish-yellow. 



Annual : flowers in August and September : grows about the sides of 

 ditches and ponds: frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. xvi. pi. 1113. Eng. Fl. 

 vol. iii. p. 398. 1166. 



20. EUPATO'RIUM. HEMP AGRIMONY. 



Common calyx oblong, imbricated, with lance-shaped, unequal, 

 erect, thornless scales. Compound corolla uniform, level, of a few 

 perfect, regular, funnel-shaped florets. Filaments hair-like, very 

 short ; anthers united, with a cylindrical tube, as long as the 

 corolla. Germen small, oblong, angular. Style thread-shaped, 

 very long, cleft as far down as the anthers; stigmas oblong, 

 downy, spreading. Seed oblong, angular; seed-down sessile, 

 rough or feathery, permanent. Receptacle naked, small. Named 

 after Eupator, a king of Pontus. 385. 



1. E. cannabinum. Hemp Agrimony. Leaves divided into three or 



five lance-shaped segments, the middle one longest. Stems two or 



three feet high, erect, branched, downy : flowers reddish-purple, in ter- 

 minal tufts. Perennial : flowers in July and August : grows about the 

 banks of rivers and lakes : not common. Eng. Bot. vol. vi. pi. 423. 

 Eng. Ft. vol. iii. p. 400. 1167. 



21. CHRYSO'COMA. GOLDILOCKS. 



Common calyx hemispherical, imbricated, of numerous, narrow, 

 lance-shaped, pointed, thornless scales. Compound corolla uni- 

 form, of several tubular, perfect, regular florets. Filaments hair- 

 like, very short ; anthers united into a cylindrical, five-pointed 

 tube, shorter than the corolla. Germen oblong. Style thread- 

 shaped, as long as the corolla ; stigmas oblong, spreading. Seed 

 inversely egg-shaped, compressed; seed-down sessile, rough, per- 

 manent. Receptacle flat, slightly cellular, naked. Name from 

 chrysos, gold, and come, the hair. 386. 



1. Ch, Linosy'ris. Flax -leaved Goldilocks. Herbaceous; leave? linear, 



smooth ; scales of the calyx spreading. Stems a foot high, erect, stiff, 



unbranched : flowers bright-yellow, in a corymbose terminal tuft. Pe- 

 rennial : flowers in August and September : grows on rocks by the sea 

 in several places in the south-west of England. Eng. Bot. vol. xxxv. 

 pi. 2505. Eng. FL vol. iii. p, 402. 1168. 



22. DIOTIS. COTTON-WEED. 



Common calyx hemispherical, imbricated, with oblong, obtuse 

 scales. Compound corolla uniform, level, of numerous, perfect, 

 regular florets, about the length of the calyx; their limb with five 

 broadish, spreading segments ; the tube contracted at the top, 

 elongated at the base into two honey -bearing spurs, finally sepa- 



