SYNGENESIA POLYGAM. SUPERF. Inula. 243 



INULA. Elecampane, and Flea-bane. 



* ? I. Heleniurn,^ Elecampane, Leaves egg-shaped, 

 rugged, clasping the stem j downy beneath. Calyx- 

 scales egg-shaped, leafy. E. B. 1546. Helenium. 

 G. E. 793. 



Moist meadows, pastures. * * Stanton St. John's. Sb. Near a 

 foot-path leading from the new to the old road to Ensham, 

 about three miles from Oxford. R. W. Meadow near the 

 Plough Public-house, Horton. R. W. 



Stems a yard or more, thick, leafy, branched above, downy. Ls. 

 alternate, large, more downy beneath, slightly saw-toothed, 

 veiny; root-ones on stalks; the rest clasping the stem. Fl. 

 very large, terminal, solitary, bright, golden. Rays of very 

 numerous, linear, spreading florets. Seeds four-angled. Whole 

 plant of large dimensions. Lower Is. spear-shapedo 

 Root useful to promote expectoration. Decoction of the root 



cures sheep of the scab. Bruised and steeped in urine, with balls 



of ashes and whortle-berries, it dyes blue. 



L dysenterica. Common Flea-bane. Leaves oblong, 

 downy, clasping the stem \vith their arrow-shaped 

 base. Stem woolly, panicled. Calyx-scales bristle- 

 shaped, hairy. E. B. 1115. C. 3. 5Q, Conyza 

 media. G. E. 482. 



Watery places hy road sides, clear ditches. 



Per. Augusts 



Stem one f. or more, upright, branched in a corymbose manner, 

 woolly, ^vith alternate, oblong, spreading leaves veiny, their 

 under side more densely clothed with hoariness. Fl. numerous, 

 terminal, solitary, bright yellow. Anth. with two long bristles 

 at the base. Seeds rough. Plant exhales a soapy smell. Ray. 

 Russian soldiers cured of a dysentery by this herb, according to 

 General Keith's report. Linn. Fl. Si/ec. 



I. puUcaria. Small Flea-hane. Leaves clasping the 

 stem, wavy. Stem much branched, hairy. Flowers 

 hemispherical ; ray scarcely longer than the disk. E. 

 B. 1196. C. 3. 57. L uliginosa. Sb. %5Q. Co- 

 nyza minima. G. E. 482. 



Moist, sandy, heathy spots, where water has stagnated during ivinter. * 

 Noke. Sb. Horton road, leading on to Otmoor. R. W. > 



An. August. 



Stein near two f., erect, spreading, or lying down, often purplish, 

 zigzag, leafy. Ls. spear shaped, or oblong, cm-ved back, hairy 



> From having been said to spring from the tears oi Helen. Plin. See 

 also Ger. 



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