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half. Lower leaves obovate, entire, and stalked ; upper leaves 

 lyrutc and cut into oblong or linear segments. Heads of flowers 

 in corymbs, similar to but larger than those of S. Jacob&a. 

 Forde bog, near Newton. (E. B. t. 1131.) P. vn. vm. 



INULA. INTJLA. 



1. I. Helenium (Elecampane?) In moist pastures, rare, 

 Stem from 3 to 4 feet high, strong, round, and furrowed, branch- 

 ing above. Leaves large, oval heart-shaped, clasping, slightly 

 serrate, white and downy beneath ; root-leaves stalked. Flower- 

 heads large, with ovate, leafy, and spreading involucre-scales ; 

 florets bright golden-yellow. Orchards at Rora, near Ilsington, 

 Fl. D. (E. B. t. 1546.) P. vn. vm. 



2. I. Conyza (Ploughman's Spikenard.) On dry, chalky or 

 limestone soils. Stem erect, 2 or 3 feet high, angular. Leaves 

 hairy, broadly lanceolate, serrate ; lower leaves stalked. Flower- 

 heads in a leafy cluster at the top of the stem ; florets yellow, 

 those of the circumference very small. Park Hill. Meadfoot 

 Cliffs. Warberry Hill. (Conyza squarrosa, E. B. t. 1195.) P. 



VII.-IX. 



PULICARIA. FLEA-BANE. 



P. dysenterica (common F.) In damp situations. Stem 

 from 1 foot to 18 inches high, branched and woolly. Leaves 

 downy, alternate, clasping, oblong and pointed at the ends, their 

 margins waved and slightly indented. Flower-heads in a loose 

 terminal panicle, some axillary ; flowers numerous, of a rich 

 bright yellow, rays much longer than the disc. Groodrington. 

 Teignmouth. Exmouth. Inula, Linn. (E. B. 1. 1115.) P. TII.-IX. 



BELLIS. DAISY. 



B. perennis (common D.) Pastures, very abundant. Flower- 

 Btalks arising from the midst of a cluster of spreading, oblong, 

 crenated leaves. Flower-heads solitary ; florets of the ray white, 

 tinged with pink at the extremities, those of the disk yellow. 

 The " wee, modest, crimson-tipped flower " of f-Burns, wluch 

 glistens, star-like, over all our meadows and pastures. (E. B. t. 

 424.) P. ii.-x. 



