326 SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. [CL. XIX. 



**** Flowers with rays ; leaves undivided. 



7. S. paludosus. Great Fen Ragwort. Bird's-tongue Groundsel. Ray 

 spreading, with oblong, toothed corollas ; flowers corymbose ; leaves 

 lance-shaped, tapering, acutely serrate, somewhat cottony beneath ; stem 



quite straight, hollow. Stem from two to five feet high, simple : leaves 



very long, at first woolly: flowers yellow, not very numerous, but large : 

 seeds hairy. Perennial : flowers in June and July : grows in ditches and 

 fens in the east part of England : rare. Eng. Bot. vol. x. pi. 650. Eng. 

 Ft. vol. iii. p. 434. 1196. 



8. S. Saracenicus. Broad-leaved Ragwort. Ray spreading, the co- 

 rolla broad, nearly entire ; flowers corymbose ; leaves lance-shaped, ser- 

 rate, minutely downy ; stem solid. Stems from three to five feet high, 



erect : flowers yellow. Perennial : flowers in July and August : grows 

 in moist meadows and pastures, in various parts of England, and the 

 Lowlands of Scotland, but is probably not indigenous. Eng. Bot. 

 vol. xxxi. pi. 2211. Eng. Fl. vol.iii. p. 435. 1197. 



31. A'STER, STARWORT. 



Common calyx oblong, imbricated ; the inner scales standing 

 out at the points, the lowermost spreading. Compound corolla 

 rayed; florets of the disk numerous, perfect, tubular, with five 

 equal, spreading segments ; those of the ray more than ten, strap- 

 shaped, oblong, three-toothed, finally revolute, without stamens. 

 Filaments hair-like, short ; anthers united into a cylindrical tube. 

 Germen oblong. Style thread-shaped; stigmas two, oblong, 

 spreading, those of the disk larger. Seed inversely egg-shaped. 

 Down sessile, hair-like. Receptacle naked, almost flat. Name, 

 aster, a star. 396. 



1. A.Tripolium. Sea Starwort. Stem herbaceous, corymbose ; leaves 

 lance-shaped, entire, fleshy, obscurely three-ribbed, scales of the calyx 



obtuse, membranous. Stem two or three feet high, round, smooth : 



leaves smooth, the lower stalked, the upper sessile and more narrow : 

 flowers large, purple, with a yellow disk. Perennial: flowers in August 

 and September: grows in salt marshes: frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. ii. 

 pi. 87. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 437. 1 198. 



32. SOLID A'GO. GOLDEN-ROD. 



Common calyx oblong, imbricated, with oblong, pointed, 

 straight scales. Compound corolla rayed; florets of the disk nume- 

 rous, perfect, tubular, with five equal, spreading segments ; those 

 of the ray from five to ten, strap-shaped, oblong, three-toothed, 

 without stamens. Filaments hair-like, short; anthers united into 

 a cylindrical tube. Germens oblong. Style thread-shaped ; 

 stigmas two, revolute. Seed somewhat inversely egg-shaped ; 

 seed-down sessile, hair-like. Receptacle nearly flat, naked. 

 Name from solidor, to unite, on account of its supposed healing 

 power. 397. 



1. S. Virgaurea. Common Golden-rod. Root-leaves elliptical, those of 



the stem lance-shaped ; clusters panicled, erect, crowded. Stem from 



six inches to three feet high, erect, generally zig-zag, purple at the lower 



