188 45. COMPOSITE. 



[P. frdgrans (Presl), Sy. E. B. 781, whicli has shortly ligu- 

 late female fl., is established in some places in the South. — P. 

 alhus (Gaert.), Sy. E. B. 782, with white or cream-coloured fl., 

 and much smaller deeply scolloped 1., is established in Scotland.] 



3. Ttjssila'qo Linn. Coltsfoot. 



1. T. Far'fara (L).— -B. B. 429. B. xvi. 904.— Soboliferous. 

 Fl. appearing before the 1., in blight yellow solitary heads, erect 

 in blossom and seed, drooping before and after flowering ; their 

 stalks clothed with scalelike smooth bracts. L. roundish-cor- 

 date, angular, toothed, downy beneath. — Moist chalky and clay 

 soils. P. III. IV. E. S. I. 



Tribe III. Asteroidem. 



H. of ray female or neuter, ligulate (or in Linosyris 0) ; of 

 disk tubular. Anth. not tailed. Style-branches flattened with 

 a subcorneal tip. Leaves alternate. 



4. (7.) As'tee Linn. Starwort. 



1. A. Tnp6lium (L.) ; st. glabrous corymbose, 1. linear-lan- 

 ceolate fleshy smooth, involucre imbricate, phyll. blunt men- 

 branous the inner ones longer. — E. B. 87. R. xvi. 907. — St. 1 

 — 2 feet high, erect, hollow, leafy, many-flowered. Heads 

 large ; disk yellow ; rays bright blue, often wanting. — Muddy 

 salt marshes. P. ■VIII. IX. E.S.I. 



{A. saliynus (W.) is established in Wicken Fen, Oambridge- 

 shire, and^. longifolius at and about Seggieden, Perth ; but they 

 are probably both escapes from gardens. Other species are 

 occasionally found.] 



5. (8.) Eeig'ekon" Linn. Pleabane. 



*1. E. canaden' sis (L.) ; st. much branched hairy panicled 

 ■many-headed,\. linear-lanceolate ciliate. — E.B. 1019. — St. erect, 

 1 — 2 feet high. Heads many, small, yellowish. Inv. cylindri- 

 cal, scarcely shorter than the fl. of the ray, finally spreading. — 

 Waste ground rare. A. VIII. IX. E. 



2. E. dcris (L.) ; st. corymbose, branches alternate 1-headed, 

 1. linear-lanceolate entire spreading, lower 1. narrowed below, 

 ray erect scarcely longer than the disk, inner female fl. filiform 

 many.— .E". B. 1158. B. xvi. 917.— St. erect, 6—18 in. high, 

 simple below, corymbosely branched above, often several from 



