1/2 45. COMPOSITE. 



6. (15.) Bellis Linn. Daisy. 



1. B. perennis (L.) ; 1. obovate-spatlmlate single-ribbed ere- 

 nate-dentate. — E. B. 424.— St. a short procumbent rhizome pro- 

 ducing 1. only at its extremity. Flowerstalks simple, each bear- 

 ing a single head. Sometimes all the florets are Ugulate, rarely 

 all are tubular. — Banks and pastures. P. III. — X. 



7. (9.) SoLiDAGO iirew. Golden Eod. 



1. S. Virgaurea (L.) ; st. erect slightly angular, 1. lanceolate 

 narrowed at both ends, lower 1. elliptical stalked serrated, raceme 

 erect simple or compound, phyll. lanceolate acute, fr. downy. — 

 E. B. 301. R. xvi. 911.— St. usually 1—3 feet high, leafy, nearly 

 simple, terminating in a long cluster of yellow heads. — i3. angus- 

 ij/bjja( Koch); 1. all lanceolate. — y. S. camJnca(Huds.); st. 2 — 6 

 in. high, 1. ovate-lanceolate, heads larger. — Woods and thickets. 

 /3. on mountains. P. VII. — IX. 



8. (6.) LiNOSYRis Cand. 



1. L. vulgaris (Ca^s.); herbaceous, 1. linear glabrous, heads 

 corymbose, inv. lax. — Chrysocoma Linosyris Sm., E. B. 2605. — 

 St. 12 — 18 in. high, simple, leafy. L. single-ribbed, smooth or 

 scabrous, very many, more or less dotted. Fl. yellow. — 

 Limestone chffs, rare. P. VIII. IX. E. 



Section 2. INULEJE. Heads never dioecious, rarely homo- 

 gamous or discoid, generally heterogamous and radiant. Female 

 florets Ugulate. Anth. with appendages. Receptacles without 

 scales. L. alternate. 



9. (10.) Inula Linn. 



1. /. Helenium (L.) ; outer phyll. ovate, inner obovate, 1. un- 

 equally dentate downy beneath cordate-ovate acute clasping, root- 

 1. stalked elliptic oblong, fr. quadrangular glabrous. — E. £.1546. 

 Corvisartia Helenium R. xvi. 921. — St. 3 — 4 feet high, round, 

 fm'rowed, solid, leafy, branched above. Heads few together or 

 solitary, terminal, very large ; florets bright yellow. Phyll. re- 

 flexed. — Moist pastures. P. VII. VIII. Elecampane. E. I. 



2. /. Cottyza(J)C.); phyll. alllinear, I. oya.te-hLnceo\ateioway 

 denticulate, lower 1. narrowed into a footstalk, florets of the ray 

 subhgulate, fr. terete. — 71. xvi. 923. Conyza squarrosa Sm., E. B. 

 1195. — St. 1 — 2 feet high, leafy. Heads corymbose. Phyll. re- 

 flexed, leaflike. Fl. yellow, those of the circumference between 

 tubular and ligulate, deeply divided on the inner side. — Calca- 

 reous soils. P. VII. — IX. Plowman's Spikenard. E. 



