190 45. coMPOsiiiE. 



terminal corymth Fl. golden yellow. Fr. with an entire crown. 

 St. 2—3 feet high.— Waysides.. P. VIII. E. S. I. 



Section .3. HELENIUjE. Head's with female or neuter 

 ligulate marginal, and perfect tuhular djscoidal flowers. Anth.- 

 lobes acute iDut scarcely "prolonged at the hase. Branches of 

 styles of hermaphrodite fl. rounded at the end. Pappus of 

 several scfvrious distinct flat scales. 



19. (20.) GiLUfsoGA. B. and P. 



"1. G. parviflora, (Cay.) ; subglahrous, receptacle conical, 

 pappus of 8—16 scales.— JJ. xvi. 983.— St. 1—2 ft. high ; 

 branches opposite. L. opposite, ovate, stalked. Fl. of ray few, 

 bipadly ligulate, short, white ; of the disk about as long as the 

 phyllaiies, yellow. — ^Escaped from Kew Gardens. A. VII. — 

 IX. ' E. ' 



Section 4. 6NAPSALIEJE. Heads with female marginal 

 fl., ordioeoioug. Fl. all tubular. Anth.-lobes prolonged at the 

 base. Branches of styles of hermaphrodite flowers truncate. 

 Pappus hairlike, rarely 0. 



20.. (13.) Pila'go Linn. Cudweed. 



1. F. fferman'ica (L.) ; cottony, st. proliferous at the summit, 

 I. lanceolate wavy acute, heads obscurely Srangled half-sunk in 

 wool forming axillary and terminal clusters not; isurrounded and 

 overtopped by L, phyU. longitudinally folded linear cuspidate 

 with glabrous poiiits. — Qmphalium Sm. — Grey. St. erect or 

 ascending, 4 — 12 in. long-j usually simple below, bearing a soli- 

 tary terminal cluster of heads, afterwards producing, from just 

 below it 2 erect branches which are again proliferous. Heads 

 20 — 40 in each cluster ; reentering angles obscure ; 1. nearest to 

 the cluster much narrowed upwards and acute. Tips ofphyll. 

 yellow, rarely reddish.— Dry fi'elda A. VII. VIII. E! S. I. 



2. F. apiculdta (G. E. Sm.) ; cottony, st. proliferous at the 

 sumnfiit, I. all oblong hlunt apiculate, heads prominently 6-anc/led ■ 

 half-sunk in wool forming lateral axillary and terminal clusters 

 surrounded and overtopped by 1 — 2 blunt L, phyU. boatshaped 

 cuspidate with glabrous points; — F. E. 8. 2998. P. lutescens 

 Jord. ! PI. nov. Fr. iii. t. 7.— rGr^enish. Smelling like Tansy. 

 St. mostly erect, with short erect branches bfelow. Heads 

 larger than in Sp. 1, 10 — 20 in a cluster ; reentering' angles 

 deep ; cluster often seeming lateral from only 1 branch being 

 produced just below it ; 1. nearest to the cluster scarcely nar- 

 rowed upwards, blunt, apiculate. Tips of phvll. pui-ple. — 

 Sandy places. A.VII. VIH. " E. 



