SYNGENESIA-POL.-FRUSTRAN. Centaurea. 463 



M, tomentosum luteum. Bauh. Pin. 140. Bmih. Hist.v 3 » 1 

 138./. . -H- ■ 



Helichrysum alterum. Matth. Valgr. v. 2. 392,/. 



H. italicum. Camer. Epit. 788./. Dalech. Hist' 776./. 



Stratiotes lutea. Clits. Hisp. 371 ./. Dalech. Hist. 77\ . /. 



S. millefolia, flavo flore. Cl.us. Hist. v. 1 . 330. 



In dry hilly jDastures in Scotland and Ireland. 



On Spittle hill to the north-west of Balvie, where it was found 

 "by the gardener at Balvie," and on hills in the neighbourhood 

 of Paisley, near Glasgow. Hopkirk. Sent to Mr. Sowerby from 

 Ireland. Engl. Bot. 



Perennial. July, August. 



Root woody, slightly creeping, with many long fibres. Stems 

 scarcely a foot high, curved at the base, then erect, round, leafy, 

 simple, woolly. Leaves doubly pinnatifid, woolly on both sides, 

 especially when young j their segments linear-lanceolate, acute, 

 simple or notched, crowded. Cal. woolly, its scales obovate, 

 edged with brown. Ft. densely corymbose, on woolly stalks ; 

 the radius, as well as disk, of a golden yellow. Tlie whole herb, 

 as well as the flowers, has an aromatic scent when rubbed. It 

 serves to decorate rock-work in gardens, but will not bear wet 

 or shade. 



SYNGENESIA. POL.-FRUSTRANEA. 



410. CENTAUREA. Knapweed, Blue-bottle, 

 and Star-thistle. 



Linn. Gen. 442. Juss.]74. FL Br. 909. DeCand. Fr. v 4 88 



Lam. t. 703. 

 Jacea. Juss.l73. Tourn.t.254. 

 Cyanus. Juss.l74. Tottrn. t. 254. Gartn. 1. 161. 

 Seridia. Juss. 173. 

 Calcitrapa. Juss. 1 73. Gcsrtn. t. 1 63. 



Nat. Ord. Composites, «, capitatce. Linn. 49. Cinarocepha- 

 IcE, sect. 1, 2, ver(e. Juss. 55. 



Common Cal. roundish, imbricated, with closely converging 

 scales, terminating variously. Cor. compound ; /?or^^s 

 all tubular, of 2 kinds ; those of the disk perfect, regu- 

 lar, vvith 5 equal spreading segments in their oblong tu- 

 mid limb, and a slender tube ; those of the radius fewer. 



