306 SYNGENESIA — SUPERFLL'A. [Pulicaria, 



lanceolate, flott^ers umbellate. Hook. i?i Fl. Lond. t. 75. — C. 

 iiitegrifolia, With. — E. Bot. t. 152. 



Chalky clowns in the mii^dle and S. of England. — /3. maritime rocks, 

 Holyhead, Mr W. WilsoJi. FL May, June. If. ? ^ . ? 



36. SoLiDAGO. Limi. Golden-rod. 



1. S. Virgdurea, L. (cotnmon Golden-rod) ; cauline leaves lan- 

 ceolate tlie lower ones elliptical, racemes panicled erect crowded. 

 E. Bot. t. 301. — /3. small, with broader radical leaves. S. Cam- 

 hrica, Huds. 



Woods and thickets. — /3. in mountainous countries. Fl. July — Sept. 

 If.. — Lower leaves broad, stalked : — very variable in its size, and in its 

 more or less compact inflorescence. Used as a vulnerary and diuretic. 



37. Inula. Linn. Elecampane. 



1. I. Helenium, L. {Elecampane) ; leaves amplexicaul some- 

 what toothed ovate wrinkled downy beneath, scales of the in- 

 volucre ovate downy. E. Bot. t. 1546. 



Moist pastures, rare ; but found in several places of England, Scot- 

 land and Ireland. Fl. July, Aug. If . — 3 — 5 feet high, branched. Flower 

 large, terminal, solitary, with many narrow, tricuspidate, yellow rays. 



•' 2. I. Conyza, DC. (^Ploughman s Spikenard) ; leaves pubes- 

 cent ovato-lanceolate serrated the upper ones entire, stem her- 

 baceous corymbose, scales of the involucre recurved leafy. — ^ 

 Conyza squarrosa, L. — E. Bot. t. 1 1 95. i 



Frequent on chalky or clayey soil. Rare, if really wild, in Scotland. 

 Fl. Scot. Oct. $ . — Stem 2 — 3 feet high. Panicle leafy, with the leaves 

 entire. Lower leaves stalked. Flowers yellow. Florets of the cir- 'j. 

 eumference very small, ligulate. f^ 



3. I. crithmoides, L. (^Golden- Samphire) ; leaves linear fleshy 

 generally 3-toothed at the extremity. — E. Bot. t. 68. — Limbarda 

 tricuspis, Cass. 



South and west shores of England and Wales, in salt-marshes, and 

 on sea-side rocks ; and as far north as Galloway. Howth, Ireland. Fl. 

 Aug. If. — One foot high, a little branched at the summit, each branch 

 bearing a solitary _/?oit'er. 



38. PuLiCARiA. GcBrtn. Flea-bane. 



1. P. di/senterica, Cass, (common Flea-bane); leaves oblong 

 cordate or sagittate and amplexicaul at the base wrinkled downy, 

 stem woolly panicled, scales of the involucre setaceous. — Inida, 

 L.—E.Bot.t. 1115. 



Moist and watery places, frequent in England and in the county of 

 Dublin : rare in Scotland ; Mull of Galloway, and Bennanhead, Arran. 

 Fl. Aug. If. — About 1 foot high. Flowers with moderately long rays. 



2. P. vulgaris, Gsertn. (small Flea-bane); leaves lanceolate 

 wavy hairy narrow at the base and semianiplexicaul, stem much 

 branched hairy, ray scarcely longer than the disk. Cass. — Inula 

 pulicaria, L. — E. Bot. t. 1196. 



