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GENUS XX.— I N U L A. Linn. 



Anthodcs generally lieterogamous and radiant, many-flovrered. 

 Periclino hemisphei'ical or campanulatc, consisting of numerous 

 rows of imbricated herbaceous pbyllaries, the outermost ones 

 sometimes foliaceous. Clinanth flat, naked, slightly pitted. 

 Florets of the disk perfect, regular, with a tubular corolla ; those 

 of the ray generally in 1 row, female, ligulate, rarely tubular with 

 a ligulate limb so short as not to exceed the pbyllaries. Anther- 

 lobes produced downwards into filiform appendages. Achenes 

 sub-cylindrical or prismatic. Pappus of hairs in 1 row, or in 

 '1 rows, with the outer one of vei*y short hairs or cleft scales. 



Perennial or annual herbs, with alternate leaves ; and mode- 

 rately-sized or large solitary, corymbose or paniculate anthodes, 

 with the florets both of the disk and the ray yellow. 



The name of this genus of plants is said to be a corrui)tion from Helen, as being 

 tabled to have sprung from lier tears. 



Sub-Genus I.-CORVISAETIA. Merat. 



I Achenes 4-sided- prismatic, finely striate all round, truncate 

 at the apex. Pappus of a single row of shortly-ciliated hairs. 



SPECIES I.— INULA HELENIUM. Linn. 



Plate DCCLXVI. 



I Rmch. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. XVI. Tab. CMXXI. 



I Corvisartia Heleuium, Merat. Gr. & Godr. Fl. de ]?'r. Vol. II. p. 173. Feich.Jil. I. c. 



i p. 12. 



I Stem corymbosely branched at the top, hairy. Radical leaves 

 stalked, elliptical ; stem-leaves (except the lowest) sessile, those 



I in tiie middle of the stem ovate, amplexicaul ; all finely and irregu- 

 larly dentate-serrate, sub-glabrous above, greyisli-velvety beneath. 

 Anthodcs few, very large, sub-solitary at the extremity of the stem 

 and branches. Pericline hemispherical ; outer pbyllaries obovate- 

 rhoraboidal, foliaceous, lax, with spreading ti])S ; inner ones 

 oblanceolate-strapshaped, coriaceous, pubescent on the back and 



I ciliated. Florets of the ray numerous, with the ligule spreading, 

 much longer than the pbyllaries and pappus, flat, tootlied at 



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