172 45. COMPOSITE. 



6. (15.) BELLIS Linn. Daisy. 



1. B. perennis (L.) ; 1. obovate-spathulate single-ribbed cre~ 

 nate-dentate. E. B. 424. St. a short procumbent rhizome pro- 

 ducing 1. only at its extremity. Flowerstalks simple, each bear- 

 ing a single head. Sometimes all the florets are ligulate, rarely 

 all are tubular. Banks and pastures. P. III. X. 



7. (9.) SOLIDAGO Linn. Golden Rod. 



1. <S. Virgaurea (L.); st. erect slightly angular, 1. lanceolate 

 narrowed at both ends, lower 1. elliptical stalked serrated, raceme 

 erect simple or compound, phyll. lanceolate acute, fr. downy. 

 E. B. 301. R. xvi. 911. St. usually 13 feet high, leafy, nearly 

 simple, terminating in a long cluster of yellow heads. /3. angus- 

 ^brta(Koch); 1. all lanceolate. y. S. cambrica(Ruds.)-, st. 2 6 

 in. high, 1. ovate-lanceolate, heads larger. Woods and thickets. 

 /3. on mountains. P. VII. IX. 



8. (6.) LINOSYRIS Cand. 



1. L. vulgaris (Cass.); herbaceous, 1. linear glabrous, heads 

 corymbose, inv. lax. Chrysocoma Linosyris Sm., E. B. 2505. 

 St. 12 18 in. high, simple, leafy. L. single-ribbed, smooth or 

 scabrous, very many, more or less dotted. Fl. yellow. 

 Limestone cliffs, rare. P. VIII. IX. E. 



Section 2. INULE^E. Heads never dioecious, rarely homo- 

 gamous or discoid, generally heterogamous and radiant. Female 

 florets ligulate. Anth. with appendages. Receptacles without 

 scales. L. alternate. 



9. (10.) INULA Linn. 



1. /. Helenium (L.) ; outer phyll. ovate, inner obovate, 1. un- 

 equally dentate downy beneath cordate-ovate acute clasping, root- 

 1. stalked elliptic oblong, fr. quadrangular glabrous. E. 5.1546. 

 Corvisartia Helenium R. xvi. 921. St. 3 4 feet high, round, 

 furrowed, solid, leafy, branched above. Heads few together or 

 solitary, terminal, very large ; florets bright yellow. Phyll. re- 

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



2. I. Cony za (DC.); phyll. all linear, I. ovate-lanceolate downy 

 denticulate, lower 1. narrowed into a footstalk, florets of the ray 

 subligulate, fr. terete. R. xvi. 923. Conyza squarrosa Sm., E. B. 

 1195. St. 1 2 feet high, leafy. Heads corymbose. Phyll. re- 

 flexed, leaflike. Fl. yellow, those of the circumference between 

 tubular and ligulate, deeply divided on the inner side. Calca- 

 reous soils. P. VII. IX. Plowman's Spikenard. E. 



