328 SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPEKFLUA. [cL. XIX. 



those 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. Germen oblong. Style thread-shaped, as long 

 as the stamens ; stigma 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.palustris. Marsh Flea-wort. 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. 254. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 443. 1204. 



2. C. campestris. Field Flea-wort. Flowers in a simple and im- 

 perfect umbel, with several lance-shaped bracteas ; root-leaves el- 

 liptical, obscurely 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 : fre- 

 quent. Eng. Bot. vol. iii.pl. 152 : C. integrifolia. Eng. Fl. 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. Keceptacle naked or nearly 

 so. Name, from doron, a gift, and nike, victory, the plant 

 being formerly used to destroy wild beasts. 400. 



1. D.Pardalidnches. 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 tube- 

 rous. Perennial : flowers in June and July : grows in woods : 

 rare, and often the outcast of gardens. Truly wild in the woods at 

 Gifford, East Lothian, where it is very abundant. Eng. Bot. Suppl. 

 pi. 2654. Brit. Fl. 4th ed. p. 307. 1206. 



2. D. plantagineum* Plantain-leaved Leopard 1 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 certainly 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. Com- 



