CL. XIX.^ SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. 327 



part, downy above, terminating in a leafy, generally compound cluster of 

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

 woods, rocky places, by rivers, and upland pastures : common. Eng. 

 Bot. vol.v. pi. 301. Eng. Ft. vol.iii. p. 438. 1199. 



33. I'NULA. FLEA-BANE. 



Common calyx hemispherical, imbricated, with the scales spread- 

 ing at the points. Compound corolla rayed ; florets of the disk 

 very numerous, perfect, tubular, with five equal, erect or spreading 

 segments ; those of the ray numerous, strap-shaped, linear, three- 

 toothed, without stamens. Filaments thread-shaped, short ; an- 

 thers united into a cylindrical tube, with five acute teeth above, 

 and ten straight bristles at the base. Germens oblong. Style 

 thread-shaped, cleft ; stigmas spreading, oblong. Seed linear, four- 

 cornered ; seed-down simple, sessile. Receptacle nearly flat, naked 

 or slightly scaly. Name, doubtful. 398. 



1. I. Heleninm. Elecampane. Leaves egg-shaped, serrate, rugged, 



embracing the stem ; downy beneath ; calyx egg-shaped, leafy. 



Root thick, branched: stem three feet high, furrowed, branched and 

 downy above : root-leaves stalked : flowers solitary, terminal, large, bright- 

 yellow. Infusion of the fresh root, sweetened with honey, is esteemed 

 good for promoting expectoration. Perennial : flowers in July and August : 

 grows in moist meadows and pastures : rare. Eng. Bot. vol. xxii. 

 pi. 1546. Eng. Ft. vol. iii. p. 440. 1200. 



2. I. dysenterlca. Common Flea-bane. Leaves oblong, heart-shaped 

 at the base, and embracing the stem, downy; stem woolly, panicled; 



scales of the calyx bristle-shaped. Root creeping : stem a foot high 



or more, corymbose above, with large yellow flowers. It has a peculiar 

 aromatic scent, and is asserted by Linnsus to have cured the Russian 

 army, under General Keith, of dysentery. Perennial : flowers in August : 

 grows in moist meadows and pastures, and by the sides of brooks and 

 ditches: rare in Scotland. Eng. Bot. vol. xvi. pi. 1115. Eng. Fl. 

 vol. iii. p. 441. 1201. 



3. I. pnlicdria. Small Flea-bane. Leaves narrow, lance-shaped, em- 

 bracing the stem, waved ; stem much branched, hairy ; flowers hemi- 

 spherical, with very short rays. Stem about eight inches high, co- 

 rymbose, purplish : leaves scattered, recurved : flowers solitary, terminal, 

 pale-yellow : receptacle with a few short hairs. Annual : flowers in 

 September : grows in moist places, where water has stood during winter: 

 not common. Eng. Bot. vol. xvii. pi. 1196. Eng. Ft. vol. iii. p. 441. 



1202. 



4. I. crithmoides. Samphire-leaved Flea-bane. Leaves linear, fleshy, 

 generally three-pointed. Stem a foot high, with a few terminal yellow 

 flowers. Perennial : flowers in August : grows in wet ground on the 

 coast : rare. Eng. Bot. vol. i. pi. 68. Eng. Fi. vol. iii. p. 442. 1203. 



34. CINERA'RIA. FJ.EA-WORT. 



Common calyx simple, cylindrical, of numerous, equal, per- 

 manent scales. Compound corolla rayed; florets of the disk 

 numerous, perfect, tubular, with five equal, erect segments ; those 



