COJIPOSIT.TE. 55 



laries. Florets all tubular and perfect, the tube produced at the 

 base into 2 spurs resembling auricles, which almost entirely 

 envelop the ovary and adhere to it. Achenes compressed, rounded 

 at the apex, ribbed, permanently invested with the corolla-tube; 

 cpigynous disk without a crown or pappus. 



A white woolly herb witli alternate oblong-lanceolate semi- 

 amplexicaul, entire, or crenulatcd leaves, and corymbose anthodcs 

 of yellow flowers. 



The derivation of the name of this genus of plants appears to be from Ste (dis), 

 two, and wrif (otis), the ear, — two-oared, in allusion to the fruit invested with the tube 

 of the corolla. 



SPECIES I.— D I OTIS MARITIMA. Coss. 



Plate DCCXXV. 



Heich. Tc. Fl. Gerra. et Helv. Vol. XVI. Tab. CMXCVIII. Fig. 3. 



Jiiflot, Fl. Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. No. U9D. 



D. candidissima, Deg/ont. B. G. Prod. Vol. VI. p. 34. Gr. & Godr. Fl. de Fr. Vol. II. 



p. 159. 

 Santolina raaritima, Linn. "MS." Sm. Eng. Eot. No. 141. 

 Atlianasia maritinia, Linn. Sp. Plant, p. 1182. 



The only known species. 



On sandy seashores a little to the north of Landguard Fort, 

 Suffolk ; near Carnsore Point, county Wexford ; from whence I 

 am favoured with specimens by Mr. John Waddy. It formerly 

 occurred in Cornwall, Devon, Dorsetshire, Isle of Sheppcy, near 

 Lowestoft, and in Anglesea, but is now extinct in all the localities 

 on the Southern coast. Abundant on the shores of St. Ouen's 

 Bay, Jersey. 



England, Ireland. Perennial. Autumn. 



Rootstock very long, woody, branched in a somewhat tufted 

 manner at the apex. Stems felted-cottony, ascending, G inches 

 to 1 foot long, rather thick, nearly simple except at the apex. 

 Leaves oblong or oblanceolate-oblong, crenate, densely felted- 

 cottony and white on both sides. Anthodcs J to f inch across, in 

 a dense terminal corymb ; peduncles short, those of the terminal 

 flowers very short. Phyllaries few, ovate, the inner ones broader, 

 so densely felted on the exterior that they are undistinguishable, 

 unless the one be raised from the otlier. Paleaj oval, acuminate. 

 Achenes curved, smooth, with 5 thick ribs, the greater part embraced 

 by the baso of the corolla-tube, which descends on each side in an 

 elongated auricle. Plant white or hoary. 



Seaside C'oitu^i-weed. 



French, Santoline. German, Cypressen Kraut. 



