202 45. COMPOSITE. 



inner linear-lanceolate attenuate acute ciliate 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. Underside of the 1. and phyll. often cottony. 

 Heads large ; inner phyll. cream-coloured (a false ray) ; anth. 

 yellow.— Dry sandy heaths. B. VII. — X. E. S. I. 



27. Aec'tium Linn. Burdock. 



1. A. mdjus (Schk.) ; heads loosely suhcoiymbose hng-stalked 

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

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

 cylindiical upper part of fl. more than J as long as the lower part. 

 —8y. E. B. 699. — St. 3 — 4 ft. high, centre and tisually 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, 

 n.-heads not umbilicate. Fr. yellowish, ultimately dark brown, 

 irregularly rugose. — A form with more spherical and webbed 

 heads {A. tomentosum Bab.') is common near Cambridge and is 

 the L. major V. subtomentosa Lange ! — Waste places. B. VIII. 



E. S. I. 



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

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

 or exceeding the &. subulate inner row lanceolate shorter than 

 the others, suboylindrical upper part of fl. as long as the lower 



fart. — 8y. E. B. 701. A. intermedium Bab. — St. 2 — 4 feet high. 

 1. convolute, cordate, oblong-ovate, petioles hollow, rather 

 angular, nearly flat above. Heads aU nearly sessile, less than in 

 Sp. 1, three usually placed close together at the end of each 

 branch, ovate-prolonged when young, not umbilicate. Most of 

 the phyU. ascending. — Local ? B. VIII. E. S. 



8. A. minus (Schk.) ; heads racemose shortly stalked glohdar ' 

 slightly contracted at the mouth in f r. slightly webbed (greenish), 

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

 others and gradually subulate, suboylindrical upper part of fl. 

 about as long as the lower part, — Sy. E. B. 702. Fl, Dan. 2662. 

 jR. XV. 811. — Smaller than either of the preceding. Central st. 

 mostly nodding and as well as the branches having scattered 

 small heads; term, head solitary. L. deeply cordate-prolonged; 

 petioles hollow, slightly angular,nearly round, scarcely furrowed. 

 Fl.-heads not umbilicate. Fr. fuscous with black blotches. — 

 Waste places. B. VIH. E. S. I. 



4. A. intermedium (Lange) ; heads svh'acemose stalked hemi- 

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

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

 ' The true A. tomentosum is not a native of England. 



