28 ENGLISH BOTANY. 



lens. Plant clull-gveen ; anthodes and the under side of the leaves 

 grey, the latter at length glabrous above. 



Alpine Saw-ioort. 



Frencli, Saussuree des Alpes. 



Tribe III.— CUUPINE^. 



Florets all tubular, jici-fect, or the marginal ones neuter or 

 female, each one not surrounded by an involucel : occasionally the 

 anthodes are sub- dioecious by abortion. Anthers without basal 

 appendages. Pappus persistent, of hairs free at the base. Fruit 

 attached to the cUnantli by its base. 



GENVS FZr.— SERRATULA. Uim. 



Pericline of imbricated entire phyllaries, the exterior ones 

 mucrouate, the interior scarious at the apex. Florets all equal, 

 perfect or unisexual and sub-polygamo-dioecious by abortion. Fila- 

 ments free, papillose ; anthers without basal appendages. Achenes 

 oblong-ovoid, laterally compressed, glabrous, with an elevated line 

 on each face, the base oblique, but the attachment is not lateral ; 

 epigynous disk with a very faint entire border. Pappus persistent, 

 consisting of denticulated hairs, arranged in several rows, the 

 innermost ones longest, free to the base. Clinanth hairy. 



Herbs without, or nearly without, spines, glabrous or scabrous. 

 Pericline ovoid or sub-cylindrical. Flowers purple, varying to 

 white. 



The name of this genua comes from serra, a saw, on account of the jagged edges 

 of the leaves of the species. 



SPECIES L-SERRATUL A TINCTORIA. Linn. 



Plates DCCIV. DCCIV. {bis). 



Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. XV. Tab. DCCCII. 

 Billul, Fl. Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. No. 249i. 



Leaves pinnatipartite, frequently sub-lyrate ; segments bristly- 

 serrulate, the radical and lower ones petiolat(>, rarely entire ; 

 tlie uppermost sessUe. Anthodes stalked, rarely subsessile, sub- 

 polygamo - dioecious, corymbose. Pericline of the sub - perfect 

 flowers oblong-cylindrical, of the female cylindrical-ovoid ; outer 

 phyllaries ovate-acute, inner ones elongatc-strapshaped, all ad- 



