326 SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA STJPEKF1TJA. [CL. XIX. 



**** Flowers with rays ; leaves undivided. 



7. S.paludosus. Great Fen Ragicort. 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 yel- 

 low, 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. Fl. vol. iii. p. 

 434. 1196. 



8. S. Saracenicus. Broad-leaved Ragwort. Eay spreading, the 

 corolla broad, nearly entire ; flowers corymbose ; leaves lance- 

 shaped, serrate, 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 va- 

 rious parts of England, and the Lowlands of Scotland, but is pro- 

 bably 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 ; stig- 

 mas 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 ses- 

 sile 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. 1198. 



32. SOLIDA'GO. GOLDEN-ROD. 



Common calyx oblong, imbricated, with oblong, pointed, 

 straight scales. Compound corolla rayed ; florets of the disk 

 numerous, 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 sup- 

 posed 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- 



