204 45. COMPOSITE. 



large ; fl. brig-lit yellow, those of tlie ray ligulate. Phyll. re- 

 flexed. Moist pastures. P. VII. VIII. Elecampane. E. I. 



2. I. salicina (L.) ; outer phyll. oblong-lanceolate, inner linear, 

 1. lanceolate j-clasping tuberculate-serrate scabrous-ciliate gla- 

 brous above the edge revolute, st. and underside of 1. pilose- 

 hairy. ?/. E. B. 768. J. of B. iv. t, 43. L. with crisped hairs 

 on the veins beneath as also the st., disk of 1. beneath pilose. 

 Heads terminal, solitary or 3 5 in a corymb. Kays yellow. 

 Shore of Lough Derg, Co. Galway. P. VII. VIII. ? I. 



3. /. Cony'za (DC.) ; outer pliyll. lanceolate, inner linear acute, 

 1. ovate -lanceolate downy denticulate, lower 1. narrowed into a 

 haft, fl. of the ray tubular-ligulate, fr. terete. R. xvi. 923. 

 Conyza squarrosa L. E. B. ll95. St. 1 2 feet high, leafy. 

 Heads corymbose. Phyll. reflexed, leaflike. Fl. yellow, those 

 of the ray deeply divided on the inner side. Calcareous soils. 

 P. VII. IX. Ploughman's Spikenard. E. 



4. /. crithmoides (L.) ; phyll. linear taper-pointed, I. fleshy 

 linear blunt or with 3 points, *fr. terete. E. B. 68. St. about a 

 foot high, slightly branched near the top, each branch ending 

 in a solitary head with an orange-coloured disk and yellow rays. 

 On rocks and in muddy salt marshes by the sea. P. VII. VIII. 

 Golden Samphire. E. S. I. 



10. (11.) PULICA'RIA Gaert. 



1. P. vulgdris (Gaert.); /. lanceolate wavy narrow at the base 

 and somewhat clasping, st. much branched downy, heads lateral 

 and terminal hemispherical with very short rays. Inula Puli- 

 caria L. E. B. 1196. St. 612 in. high, leafy. Heads small ; 

 fl. yellow. Fr. terete. Outer pappus of small distinct scales. 

 Moist sandy heaths. A. VIII. IX. E. 



2. P. dysenter'ica (Gaert.) ; L oblong cordate at the base clasp- 

 ing downy beneath, st. panicled woolly, heads axillary and ter- 

 minal corymbose, rays much exceeding the disk. Inula L. E. 

 B. 1115. Creeping, floccose. St. 12 18 in. high, leafy. Heads 

 larger than in Sp. 1, bright yellow ; fr. angular. Outer pappus 

 cuplike, crenulate. Damp places. P. VIII. IX. E. S. I. 



Tribe V. Gnaphalieae. 



Heads with fern, marginal fl. ; or dioecious. Fl. all tubular. 

 Anth. with slender tails. Style-branches broadened upwards 

 and rounded. Pappus hairlike, rarely 0. 



