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only on the mountains of the Highlands. — Fl. August. Peren- 

 nial. 



5- G. siipiuuin (Dwart^ Cudweed). — A low tufted plant, with 

 leaves mo.stly radical, and almost leafless tecapes bearing i — 5 

 heads, also confined to Highland mountains. — Fl. July, August. 

 Perennial. 



iNUL.\ HELl^xirM (ELrtTT/iJ^aiw). 



10. Ini"L.\ (Elecampane).- -^Mostly stout; stiff, erect plants; 

 leaves scattered, simple ; heads yellow, with! a ray ; bnicls herba- 

 ceous, imbricate 111 many rows : rtccpiacle naked : aiilhers with 

 two bristles at the base ; pappus of one row of hairs. (Name 

 probably a corruption of Helaiula, Little Helen.) 



r. /. Helenium (Elecampane). A stout plant, ;, — 5 feet high, 

 slightly branched ; leaves oblong, wrinkled, downy beneath, 

 toothed, the lower ones long-stalked, a fooj: or more in length, 

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