200 45. coMPOBii*. 



*** Heads with sp-eading rays. Leaves undivided. 



7. S. paluddsus (L.) ; 1. sessile long; lanceolate tapering sAa97>Zy 

 serrate cottony beneath, st. straight hollow, cormybs terminal. — 

 -B. £. 650. — St. 4^6 feet high, somewhat woolly. Fi. yellow; 

 those of the ray narrow, IS — 16. — Fen ditches, very rare. P. 

 V.-VII. ^ ' ' "^ E. 



8. S. Saracen' icus (L.) ; I. sessile lanceolate acute glabrous 

 irregularly serrate especially the uppermost, st. straight solid, 

 corymbs terminal, ray of 6 — 7 flowers. — E. B. 2211. S. salice- 

 torum Godr. — St. 3 — 5 feet high, smooth. L. broad. Corymb 

 many-headed. Fl. yellow. — There may he a second plant here 

 with 1. broadest below their middle very finely toothed, upper- 

 most nearly entire. Its 1. are much prolonged and rather 

 glaucous. It closely resembles S. Doria Jacq. — Watery places, 

 local. P. VIII. E. S. I. 



B. Involucre without scales at its base. Heads with a spreading 

 ray. Leaves nearly entire. Custebaiiia L. 



9. S. palus'tris (DC.) ; shaggy, st. much branched and corym- 

 bose above, I. broadly lanceolate half-clasping, lower 1. sinuate- 

 dentate. — K B. 151. — St. 3 feet high, thick, hollow, leafy. 

 Heads erect. Fl. bright yellow. — Fen ditches, now become 

 very scarce. P. VI. Vll. E. 



10. <S. campes'<ns(DO.); shaggy, si. S8»ipfe, rt.-Z. o5Zfm^ nearly 

 entire narrowed below, stem-l. lanceolate, heads corymbose, in- 

 volucre woolly below nearly glabrous in the upper half, fr. 

 hispid. — E. B. 152.— St. 6 — 8 in. high, with small st.-leaves. 

 Heads erect, 1 — 6, in a simple corymb. Involucre often almost 

 glabrous, pale. Fl. yellow. In very wet seasons it is often 

 thrice as large throughout. — Chalk Downs. P. ? VI. E. 



11. iS. spathuKfdlius (DC.) ; shaggy, st. simple, rt.-l. ovate- 

 spathulate arachnoid above more woolly beneath, st.-l. ovate- 

 oblong narrowed into broadly winged petioles, upper sessile 

 linear or lanceolate clasping, invol. woolly, fr. hispid. — M. xvi. 

 978. Schultz Herb. Nm-m. 690 !— St. 1—3 ft. high, with large 

 clasping st.-leaves often much enlarged at the base. Fl. yellow. 

 —Near Holyhead. P. or B. VI. VH. E. 



Tribe VIII. HelianthoidetB. 



Heads discoid with all the fl. similar and perfect; or with 

 fem. radiant ligulate flowers. Anth. without tails or scarcely 

 tailed. Style-branches truncate. Pappus of 2 — 4 bristles, or 

 of oblong scales. 



