CL. XIX.] SYNGENESIA POLTGAMIA JEQTTALIS. 319 



of the seed about four, erect. Stem erect, two or three feet high : 



flowers 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. 1165. 



2. B. tripartita. Three-cleft Bur-marigold. Leaves divided into 

 three segments ; bracteas lance-shaped, unequal ; bristles of the 

 seeds two or three. Stem two or three feet high : flowers brown- 

 ish-yellow. Annual: flowers in August and September: grows 

 about the sides of ditches and ponds : frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. xvi. 

 pi. 1 113. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 398. 1166. 



20. EUPATO'KETJM. HEMP AGRIMONY. 



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

 equal, 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 terminal tufts. Perennial : flowers in July and August : 

 grows about the banks of rivers and lakes : not common. Eng. Bot. 

 vol. vi. pi. 428. Eng. Fl. 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, permanent. Receptacle flat, slightly cellular, naked. 

 Name from clirysos, gold, and come, the hair. 386. 



1. Ch. Linosy'ris. Flax-leaved Goldilocks. Herbaceous; leaves 



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



erect, stiff, unbranched : flowers bright-yellow, in a corymbose ter- 

 minal tuft. Perennial : 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. DIO'TIS. COTTON-WEED. 



Common calyx hemispherical, imbricated, with oblong, ob- 

 tuse 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 con- 

 tracted at the top, elongated at the base into two honey-bearing 



