328 SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. [CL. XIX. 



of the ray equal in number to the scales of the calyx, strap-shaped, 

 oblong, toothed, without stamens. Filaments thread-shaped, 

 short ; anthers united into a cylindrical, five-notched tube. Ger- 

 men oblong. Style thread-shaped, as long as the stamens ; stig- 

 mas spreading, oblong. Seed linear, four-cornered ; seed-down 

 hair-like, sessile, abundant, longer than the seed. Name from 

 cineres, ashes, on account of the colour of the leaves. 399. 



1. C. pal'tstris. Marsh Flea-tcort. Flowers in a corymb ; leaves 



broadly lance-shaped, toothed or sinuate ; stem woolly. Stem three 



feet high, downy and clammy: leaves sessile: flowers pale-yellow. 

 Perennial : flowers in June and July: grows in marshes and ditches in 

 various parts of England: not common. Eng. Bot. vol. iii. pi. 251. 

 Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 443. 1204. 



2. C. campcstris. Field Flea-wort. Flowers in a simple and imper- 

 fect umbel, with several lance-shaped bracteas ; root-leaves elliptical, ob- 

 scurely toothed, the rest lance-shaped, all cottony. Stem six or eight 



inches high, simple, terminating in an imperfect umbel of a few bright- 

 yellow flowers. Perennial : flowers in May and June : grows in hilly 

 pastures in the south of England : frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. iii. pi. 152 : 

 C. integrifalia. Eng. Ft. vol. iii. p. 444. 1205. 



35. DORO'NICUM. LEOPARD'S-BANE. 



Common calyx of about twenty strap-shaped, equal, upright 

 scales, in two rows. Compound corolla rayed ; florets of the disk 

 with five spreading segments; those of the ray equal in number to 

 the scales of the calyx, strap-shaped, spreading, with three or five 

 teeth. Filaments in the tubular florets only. Seed inversely egg- 

 shaped, compressed, furrowed ; seed-down hairy, wanting to the 

 florets of the ray. Receptacle naked or nearly so. Name from 

 doron, a gift, and nikc, victory, the plant being formerly used to 

 destroy wild beasts. 400. 



1. D. Pardalianches. Great Leopard's-bane. Leaves heart-shaped, 

 toothed, the lower ones on long stalks, the upper embracing the stem, the 

 intermediate ones with their stalks dilated into two broad ears at the base, 



slightly clasping the stem. Stem from two to four feet high, with a 



few large yellow flowers: root tuberous. Perennial: flowers in June 

 and July : grows in woods : rare, and often the outcast of gardens. 

 Truly wild in the woods at GifTbrd, East-Lothian, wherelit is very abun- 

 dant. Eng. Bot. Suppl. pi. 2654. Brit. Fl. 4th ed. p. 307. " 1206. 



2. D. plantagineum. Plantain- leaved Leopard's-bane. Leaves toothed, 

 lower ones stalked, egg-shaped, or slightly heart-shaped, the rest sessile, 

 except the lowest, which has a winged stalk, and half embraces the stem. 



Smaller than the preceding, with the root-leaves produced at the 



base, the rest varying between egg-shaped and heart-shaped, pointed. 

 Perennial : flowers in June and July : grows in woods : rare, and cer- 

 tainly not indigenous. Eng. Bot. vol. ix. pi. 630. Brit. Fl. 4th ed. p. 307. 



1207. 



36. BE'LLIS. DAISY. 



Common calyx simple, hemispherical, erect, of from ten to 

 twenty lance-shaped equal scales, placed in two rows. Compound 



