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41. PuLicAKiA Gmrtn. Flea-bane. 



Achenes somewliat terete. 



Pappus double : outer one sliort 



Receptacle naked. Invo' 



membranous ; inner pilose, rough. 



lucre bemlspherical, closely imbricated with numerous scales. 

 Anthers with bristles at their base. {Flowers yellow.) — Name : 

 pulex^ ^flea^ which is supposed to be driven away by its power- 

 ful smell. 



1. P. dysenterica Cass, (common jP.) ; leaves oblong cordate 

 or sagittate and amplexicaul at the base wrinkled downy, stem 

 woolly panicled, scales of the involucre setaceous, ray twice as 

 lon2j as the disk, outer pappus cup-shaped crenulate. Inula Z.; 

 E,^B.t. 1115. 



Moist and watery places, frequent in England and in the county 

 of Dubjin. Hare in Scotland ; Mull of Galloway ; Bennanhcad, 

 Arran. 2JL. 7 — 9. — About 1 foot high. 



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vulgaris 



Gsertn. (small F.) ; leaves lanceolate wavy 

 hairy narrow at the base and semiamplexicaul, stem much 

 branched hairy, ray scarcely longer than the disk, outer pappue 

 setulose-laciniate. Inula Pulicai-ia i.; E. B. t. 119G. 



Moist sandy places, especially where water has stood, in England : 

 not found in Scotland or Ireland. 2/.. 8, 9. 



'^^ Pappus none^ or of short teeth or scales only. (Gen. 42 — 46.) 



42. Bellis Linn. Daisy. (Tab. IV. D.) 



Achenes compressed, with a minute epigynous disk. Pappus 

 none. Receptacle naked, conical. Involucre hemispherical, its 

 scales obtuse, equal, in a single row. (Florets of the disk 

 yellow, those of the ray white tinged with red.) — Named from 

 bellus^ pretty. 



1. B. perennis L. (common i).) ; perennial, scape 



headed, Jeaves spathulate obovate crenate 1 -nerved. 

 t. 424. 



frequent. 1|. 2—10. — Who is there, whether in 



single- 



E.B. 



Pastu 



res, 



youth or in age, that is not sensible of the charms of this " modest 

 crmison-tlpped flower"? It is, therefore, in France called Marguerite, 

 a term expressive of beauty, from margarita, a peart. 



43. Chrysanthemum Linn. Ox-eye. 



Achenes of the disk somewhat terete : epigynous disk large. 

 Fappiis 0. Receptacle naked. Involucre hemispherical or nearly 

 mt ; the scales imbricated, membranaceous at their margins.— 

 iSanie : Kpvaoc, gold, and avQ^xov, a flower, from the colour of 

 tue blossoms m some of the species. 



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