184 45. COMPOSITE. 



toothed, heads few in a dense corymb, involucre subcylindrical, 

 phyll. adpressed hairy. — Serratula Sm., E. B. 699. — St. 3 — 12 

 in. high, erect, downy, simple, terminating in a small corymb of 

 heads with pinkish florets and purple anthers. Fl. scented like 

 HeUotrope. Fr. glabrous. — In alpine situations. P. VIII. 



25. Carlina Linn. 



1. C. vulgaris (L.) ; st. corymbose one- or many-headed, 1. ob- 

 long-lanceolate sinuate spinous, outer phyll. bipinnatifid spinous, 

 inner linear-lanceolate attenuated acute ciliated in the lower half, 

 bracts shorter than the heads. — E. B. 1144. — St. 6 — 12 in. high, 

 usually cottony, leafy. Spines many, short. Root-1. lanceolate 

 or linear-lanceolate. Under side of the 1. and phyll. often cot- 

 tony. Heads large; inner phyll. cream-coloured; florets red; 

 anth. yellow. — Dry sandy heaths. B. VII. — X. 



[C racemosa (L.); heads in the axils of dichotomous st. or 

 terminal, inner phyll. radiant yellow, bracts exceeding heads. — 

 A single specimen found in the Isle of Arran. I.] 



26. Arctium Linn. Burdock. 



1. A. tomentosum (Pers.) ; heads subcorymbose long-stalked 

 spherical and closed in fr. much webbed (purplish), phyll. falling 

 short of the flts. subulate inner row longest and broad, inflated 

 upper part of flts. a little shorter than the lower part. — E. B. 

 2478. R. XV. 811. — St. 3 — 5 ft. high; centre and often most of 

 the branches ending in corymbs. Stalks of lower heads some- 

 times shorter. Heads rarely almost webless. Fr. dark brown 

 with black blotches, nearly smooth. — East of England. B. VIII. 



E. 



2. A. majus (Schk.); heads subcorymbose long-stalked hemi- 

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

 exceeding flts. subulate inner row shorter than the others, sub- 

 cylindrical upper part of flts. more than \ as long as the lower 

 part. — R. XV. 812. — St. 3 — 4 ft. high, centre and usually most of 

 the branches ending in corymbs. Heads very large, a few of the 

 lower sometimes with short stalks. Fr. yellowish, irregularly 

 rugose. — Waste places. B. VIII. 



3. A. intermedium (Lange) ; heads racemose subsessile ovate 

 and closed in fr. slightly webbed (purplish), phyll. equalling or 

 exceeding the flts. subulate inner row lanceolate shorter than the 

 others, subcylindrical upper part of flts. as long as the lower 

 part. — R. XV. 812. — St. 2 — 4 feet high. Heads less than in 

 No. 2, three usually placed close together at the end of each 

 branch. Most of the phyll. ascending. — Local ? Berwickshire. 

 Warwickshire. B. VIII. E. S. 



