PL ex. cal. 39. COMPOSITvE, C. 229. Pulicarla. 'iG3 



1. Pulicarla ulioinosa. Marshjleahane. 

 Stem upright, panicled; leaves stem-clasping, oblong, 



f^aved, villous ; peduncles opposite to the leaves ; calathides 

 rather globose ; rays very short. 



Conyza minor, Rati Syn. 174, 1. 

 Conjza minima, Ger. em. 482,4. 

 Inula Pulicaiia, Lin. S. P. 1238. 

 Aster pulicarius, Scop. Carniola, 1080. 

 Inula iiliginosa, Sibthorp\Fl. Ox. 206. 

 Inula cylindrica, Withering Bot. Arr. 731, 

 Piilicaria vulgaris, Gartn. Sem.et Fr. 2,461. 

 Small fleabane. Dwarf Jieabcme. 



Damp sandy heaths ; annual ; September. 

 Root fusiform; stem much branched; rays longer thaa 

 the pericline, rarely 0. 



2. Pulicaria dysenterica. Bloody-flux fleabane. 

 Stem down}^, panicled ; side branches spread, and longer 



than the main stem ; leaves stem-clasping, heartshape, ob- 

 long, naked, serrate, hairy beneath ; pericline-scales bristle- 

 like. 



Conyza media, Raii Syn. 174, 1 ; Ger, em. 482, 3. 



Insula dysenterica, Lin. S. P. 1237. 



Aster dysentericus, Scap. Garniol. 1079. 



Common flea-wort. Herb Christopher. Middle fleabane. 



Watery places ; perennial ; August to October. 



Root creeping; stem upright; leaves spreading; calathides 

 racemose, terminal ; rays twice as long as the pericline. — 

 Odour soapy ; useful in dysentery. 



LV. 230. INULA. Pliny. Elecampane. 



Pericline hemispherical ; scales imbricate; inner scales 

 linear, slender, equal, scariose ; outer ovate, unequal, weak ; 

 calathides radiated ; flowers of the centre funnelshape, lier- 

 maphrodite ; of the rays very numerous, female, yellow ; 

 ligulae linear ; hasillary appendix to the anther long, slen- 

 der ; clinanthus flat, bald, pitted, rather smooth ; akenimri 

 4<-sided, streaked, bald ; pappus hairlike, rather rough, 

 longer than the akenium. 



Inula grandiflora. Greatfloivered elecampane. 



Leaves embracing the stem, ovate, slightly toothed, wrin- 

 kled ; tomentose beneath. 



Helenium, Raii Syn. 176, 1 ; Ger. em. 793. 

 Helenium sive Inula campana, Park. 674. 

 Inula Helenium, Lin. S. P. 1236. 

 Aster Helenium, Seopoli Cam. 1078. 

 Scab Kort. Horse-heal. 

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