COMPOSITE. 99 



Sub-Genus II.— ENULA. Dnb. 



Aclicncs cylindrical, finely striate all round, truncate or slightly 

 attenuated towards the apex. Pappus of a single row of shortly- 

 ciliated hairs. 



SPECIES II.— INULA CONYZA. D.C. 



Tlate DCCLXVII. 



lleicL Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. XVI. Tub. CMXXIII. 

 Billoc. Fl. Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. No. 2090. 

 Coiij'Zii siiuanosa, Linn. Sm. Eiig. Bot. No. 1195. 



Stem corymho-paniculately hranched towards the top. Eadical 

 leaves stalked, oblauceolate ; stem-leaves (except the lowest) sub- 

 sessile, those in the middle of the stem lanceolate or lanceolate- 

 elliptical, attenuated at the base ; all faintly and irregularly dentate- 

 serrate, pubescent on both sides. Anthodes very numerous, rather 

 small, aggregated in small corymbs at the extremity of the stem 

 and branches, -which united form a compound corymb or corym- 

 bose-topped panicle. Perieline oblong - canipanulate ; phyllaries 

 strapshapcd, the outer ones a little broader, green, often purple 

 at the margin, adpressed with spreading tips, pubescent on the 

 back ; inner ones sub-scarious and ciliated. Florets of the ray 

 with the ligule very short, not exceeding the phyllaries or pappus, 

 involute, toothed at the summit. Achenes glabrous with a few 

 hairs near the top, cylindrical, striated. Pappus of hairs in a 

 single row. 



On dry banks and in bushy places and woods, especially on 

 chalky soils. Rather common, extending as far North as West- 

 moreland and York. 



England. Biennial. Autumn. 



Stem erect, 1 to 4 feet high, striate, purple, branched in the 

 upper half with long erect-ascending slender generally nearly leafless 

 branches. Anthodes ^ inch long, longer than broad, with the 

 inner phyllaries generally pui-ple. Elorets yellow, scarcely ex- 

 ceeding the phyllaries. Achenes dark-brown, with rather strong 

 stritu. Pappus dirty-white. Plant green, rather softly pubescent. 

 Lower leaves somewhat resembling those of the Foxglove. 



Ploughman's SjjiliCiun'd. 

 FrcDcli, Aunee Rude. German, Sjxtrriger Alaut. 



