194 45. coMPOsiTiS. 



4. S. erweifdUusQu.) ; I. pinnatifid iawpus somewliat revolute 

 cottony beneath, lower 1. stalked, segments- linear the lowermost 

 smallest entire and clasping the stera, miter phj/ll.Jutlf as long as 

 the inner, ribs of all thcfr. silky. — S.'temiifolius Snii — Creeping 

 ^lightly. St. erect,' 2 feet 'high,! angular, furrowed, somewhat 

 cottony, simple. Lower 1. oblong-ovate, ■ deeply, pinnatifid, 

 cottony, especially beneath ; segments often linear, Fr^ each 

 having a persistent pappus. FL yeUow. When the 1. are divided 

 into very narrow segments it is S. tenuifolius Jacq. — Calcareous 

 soils. P.VII.VIIL. >'■;. ... /i:. i \'.. E.S.I. 



5. (S. Jaeo6(«'a (L.) ; I. gtafy-ous, lower I. oilong-ovate attenuate 

 beloiv lyrate-iiinnatifid stalked, stem-1. sessile bipinnatifid, seg- 

 ments' spreading oblong deeply and irregularly toothed and cut 

 lowermost much divided clasping, outer phyll, scattered few;/r. 

 hairy iko^e, of the_ ray, glabrous.- — Root fleshy.,. St. 2 — 3 feet 

 high, smooth, striate, , branched, leaiy. Corymb' with' erect 

 branches., ,, Fr. of the ray with deciduous pappus. Fl. yellow. 

 Ray sometimes wanting. — Waste ground. __JP. Vll. — rlX. Rag- 

 u'ort, , , , E.S.I. 



6. S. aqiiat'icus (Huds.) ; I. glabrous, lower I. Btalkei'crenateor 

 dentate obovate or oblong slightly prolonged at the base undivided 

 or sMyrate blunt, upper 1. lyrate or pinnately cut, segments' ob- 

 long or linear, ,st. round corymbosely branched, fr. all glabrous. 

 — St., erect, 1 — 4 feet , high,, simple or branched in the upper 

 half, branches jagoending. Terminal lobe of. the lower 1. rounded 



.below and naiTOWiSd, into its stalk.,, Fl, yellow. — A larger much 

 branphed form has 1. all lyrate, term, lobe truncate or suboordate 

 below, segm. subspathulate, and was taken for S. erraticus Ber- 

 tol.— In marshy places, P. YII. VIII. , . , ; E. S. I. 



' *** Heads with spreading rays: Leaves undivided. 



7. S. paludosus (L.) ; I. sessile long laijceolate tapering sA«rp/j/ 

 serrate cottimy beneath, st. straight hollow, corymbs terminal. — 

 St. 4 — 6 ;feet,high, somewhat woolly. Fl. yellow, those, of the 

 ray narrow 13 — 16. — Fen ditches, very rare. P. V. — Vll. E. 



8. S. saracen'icus (L.) ; /. sessile lanceolate acute glabrous 

 irregularly serrate especially the uppermost, st. straight solid, 

 corymbs terminal, rayof 6 — 7, flowers. — S. saKcetorum Godr. — 

 St. 3—5 feet high, smooth. L. broad. Corymb many-headed. 

 Fl. yellow. — There may be a second plant here with 1. broadest 

 below their middle very finely toothed, uppermost nearly entire. 

 Its 1. are much prolonged and rather glaucous. It closely re- 

 sembles' <$. J)ma Jacq. — Watery places, local. P. VIII. E.S.I. 



