lOi ENGLISH BOTANY. 



high. Leaves numerous, small, withering at the base of the stem 

 before the flowers expand. Pericline J to f inch across, with the 

 ray incons])icuous from its l)eing shox-t and nearly erect. Acheues 

 brown, hairy. Inner jjappus of few hairs, shorter than the achene ; 

 outer one of scales divided to the base. Plant dull-green, slightly 

 pubescent and somewhat clammy. 



Lesser Fleuhane. 



Fieiicli, Aunee Commune. German, Gemeines FlMcraut. 



The common name of this plant originates in a belief that its scent is obnoxious to 

 fleas. Gerarde says : " The herb, Lurried where flies, gnats, fleas, or any venemous things 

 are, doth drive them away." 



Tribe VITI.— ERIGERINE^. 



Leaves alternate or all radical. Anthodes generally hetero- 

 gamous and radiant. Florets of the disk tubular, perfect, of tlie 

 ray generally female and ligulate. Anthers without basal apjjen- 

 dages. Style of the perfect flowers with the branches compressed, 

 flat above, often acuminate at the apex, with the stigmatic lines 

 marginal, conspicuous, usually not extending quite to the apex 

 of the branches. Achenes generally compressed, with or without 

 ribs. Pappus usually present, composed of hairs, rarely palea- 

 ceous or crown-like. 



GENUS XXI.— B ELLIS. Linn. 



Anthodes hetcrogamous and radiant, many-flowered. Pericline 

 hemispherical, at length disciform, consisting of 2 rows of nearly 

 equal herbaceous phyllaries. Clinantli conical, naked, pitted. 

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

 of the ray numerous, in a single row, female, with a ligulate 

 corolla. Acheues compressed from back to front, margined, 

 witliout ribs. Pappus none. 



Perennial or annual herbs, nearly stemless, with the leaves in 

 rosettes. Anthodes solitary, on naked scapes. Florets of the disk 

 yellow, of the ray white, purple, or red. 



The name of this genus of iilauts comes from tlie word helliis, pretty. 



SPKCI i:s I.— B ELLIS PERENNIS. Linn. 



Plate DCC'LXXII. 



neich. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. XVI. Tab. CMXVIII. Fig. 6. 

 Billot, Fl. Gall, et Germ. E.xsice. Xo. 255. 



