196 45. COMPOSITiE. 



lanceolate. Underside of the 1. and phyll. often cottony. Heads 

 large ; inner phyll. cream-coloured ; fl. red ; auth. yellow. — 

 Diy sandy heaths. B. Vn.— X. E. S. 1. 



227. Aec'titim Linn. Burdooki. 



1. A. miy'us (Schk!) ; heads loosely siibcorymhose long-stalked 

 hemispherical and open in fr. glabrous (green), phyll. equalling 

 or exceeding % subulate inner row shorter than the others, suh- 

 cvlindrical upper part of fl. more than j as long as the lower part. 

 —St. 3 — 4 ft. high, centre and usually most of the branches 

 ending in corymbs. L. broadly cordate-ovate, blunt ; petioles 

 (solid) with prominent angles, deeply furrowed. Heads very 

 large, a few of the lower sometimes with short stalks. Fl.-heads 

 not umbilicate. Fr. yellowishi ultimately dark brown, irregu- 

 larly rugose. — Waste places. B. VUI. E. S. I. 



2. A. nemordsum (Lej.) ; heads racemose mbsessih ovate and 

 contracted at the mouth in ir. slightly webbed, phyll. equalling 

 or exceeding the fl. subulate inner row lanceolate shorter than 

 the others, subcylindrical upper part of fl. asi long as the lower 

 part. — St. 2 — 4 feet high. L. convolute, cordate, oblong-ovate, 

 petioles (hollow) rather angular, nearly flat above. Heads all 

 nearly sessile, less than in Sp. 1, three usually placed close to- 

 gether at the end of each branch, ovate-prolonged when young, 

 not umbilicate. Most of the phyll. ascending. — Local? B. 

 vm. E. S. 



3. A. minus (Schk.) ; heads racemose shortly stalhed ghhdar 

 slightly contracted at the mouthin fr. slightly webbed (greenish), 

 phyll. falling short of the fl. subulate inner row equalling the 

 others and gradually subulate, subcylindrical upper part of fl. 

 about as long as the lower part.— J/. Dan. 2662. S. xv. 811. — 

 Smaller than either of the preceding. Central st. mostly nod- 

 ding and, as well as the branches having scattered small heads ; 

 term, head solitary. L. deeply cordate-prolonged; petioles 

 (hollow) slightly angular, nearly round, scarcety furrowed. Fl.- 

 heads not umbilicate. Fr. fuscous with black blotches. — Waste 

 places. B. VIII. , E. S. I. 



4. A. intermddimn (Lange) ; heads sitbracemose stalked hemi- 

 spherical and open in fr. much webbed (greenish), phyll. equal- 

 ling the fl. subulate inner row about equalling the others and 

 gradually subulate, subcylindrical upper part of fl. as long as 

 the lower part. — Fl. Dan. 2663. iJ. xv. 812. , A. ^m5c«s Bab.^ — 



^ The A. tomentosum of formel- editions is apparently hot a native 

 of England, but mtiy Jiavo been found in E. Anglia. See A. N. H. 

 ser'. 3. XV. 9 kc. 



