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6. S. aquations, leaves lyrate, serrated, the lowermost obovate 

 and undivided; flowers yellow, with spreading elliptic oblong 

 rays ; seeds all smooth. Marsh Ragwort. 



Hab. Wet meadows and sides of ponds. July, Aug. 7/ 



251. ASTER. 



1. A. Tripolium, herbaceous, corymbose; leaves lanceolate, en- 

 tire, fleshy, smooth, obscurely 3-ribbed ; calyx-scales obtuse, 

 somewhat membranous; flowers with a yellow disk and blue 

 rays. Sea Starwort. 



Ilab. Salt marshes. Sides of the Tweed above the bridge ; 

 and coast beyond Goswick Links, plentiful. August, 

 Sept. If 



252. SOLIDAGO, 



1. S. virgaurea, stem slightly zigzag, angular, erect ; lower 

 leaves stalked, elliptic-oblong, those of the stem sessile, lanceo- 

 late, all partly serrated ; clusters downy, panicled, crowded, 

 erect ; flowers yellow. Common Golden-rod. 



Hab. Deans frequent. New-mill banks. Murton Craigs, 

 "Thomp. Longridge and Haiden deans, &c. July 

 Sept. 11 



253. INULA. 



1. /. dysenlerica, stem woolly, panieled, a foot high ; leaves 

 oblong, downy, clasping the stem with their heart-shaped base ; 

 calyx-scales bristle-shaped, hairy; flowers yellow, rather large. 

 Common Flea-bane. 



Hab. Watery places, rather rare. Dodses' Well ; "Porter- 

 haugh ;" Castle-hill banks, Thomp. In the latter sta- 

 tion it was abundant in 1822, and flowered freely: in 

 1823 it did not flower, and it has since entirely disap- 

 peared, though no change has been made in the field. 

 " Holy well -haugh, near Ladykirk," Mr W. Baird. 

 Aug. If 



The Doronicum Pardalianches, GEBARDE says, "hath beene 

 found and gathered in the cold mountaines of Northumber- 

 land, by Dr PENNY, lately of London, deceased, a man of 

 much experience and knowledge in simples;" but we aYe 

 not aware of its having been seen by any one since. 



