184 45. coMPosiMi. 



Section 2, INULEJE., Heads never dioeoipus, rarely with 

 all the fl. similar and perfect, no ray ; usually with a ray of fern, 

 ligulate flowers. Antn.-lobes prolonged at the b^e. Becep- 

 tacle without scales. L. alterilate. ' ' 



9. (10.) I'nula lAnn. 



fl. I. HeUnium (L.) ; outer phyll. ovate, inner obovate, 1. un- 

 eq^ually dentate downy beneath cordate-ovate acute clasping, 

 Toot-1." stalked eUiptic-oblong, fr. quadrangular glabrous. Cor- 

 viisartia Helenium E. xvi. 92l. — St. 3 — 4 feet high, round, fur- 

 rowed, solid, leafy, branched above. Heads few together br soli- 

 tary, terminal, very large; fl. bright yellow, those of the ray 

 ligulate. Phyll. reflexe'd. — Moist pastures. ' P. VIL.VHI. 

 'JElecampane. E. I. 



2. I. salidna (L.) ; outer phyll. oblong-laneeplate, ipner linear, 

 1. lanceolate j-clasping tuberculate-serrate scabrous-ciliate gla- 

 brous above the edge revolute,, st. and underside of, 1., ' pilose- 

 hairy. —iJ. xvi. 928. Seeml, J. of B. iii. t. 43. — L. with crisped 

 hairs on the veins beneath as. also the at., disk of 1. beneath 

 pilose. Heads terminal, solitary or 3 — 5 in a corymb, Kays 

 yellow. — Moist pastures by the Shannon. P. Vll. Vlll. ? I. 



3. I. Cony'za (DC.) ; outer phy'U. lanceolate, inner linear acute, 

 1. ovate-lanceolate downy denticulate, lower 1. narrowed into a 

 laft, fl. of the ray tubular-ligulate, fr. terete. — R. xvi. 923. 

 Conyza Sqvarrosa Sm. — St. 1 — 2 feet high, leafy. Heads corym- 

 bose. Phyll. reflexed, leaflike. Fl. yellow, those of the ray 

 deeply divided on the inner side. — Calcareous soils. P. VlI. — 

 IX. Plouffhman's Spikenard. E. 



4. I. crifhmoides (L.) ; .phyll. linear taper-pointed, I. fleshy 

 linear blunt or with 3 points, fr. terete. — St. about a foot high, 

 slightly branched near the top, each branch ending in a solitary 

 head with an orange-coloured disk and yellow rays. — On rocks 

 and in muddy salt marshes l)y the' sea. ' P. VII. vIH. Golden 

 Samphire. E. S. I. 



10. (11.) Pulica'eia Gaert. 



1. P. vulgdris (Gaert.) ; I. lanceolate wavy naiTOW at the base 

 and somewhat clasping, st. much branched downy, heads lateral 

 and terminal hemispherical with jjerysAoci rays. — Inula Ptdicaria 

 Sm.— St. 6 — 12 in. high, leafy. Heads small ; fl. yellow. Fr. 

 terete. Outer pappus of small distinct scales.— Moist sandv 

 Maths. A. VIII. IX. ■ fi. 



2. P.dysenter'ica (Gaerti) ; I. oiforay cordate at the base clasp- 

 ing downy beneath, st. panicled woolly, heads axillary and ter- 



