COMPOSITE 7 



anther-cells with a slender tail; branches of style and 

 pappus as in the last; leaves alternate. Genera 12-14. 



12. Inula, L. 



Ray-flowers female or neuter, in one row ; capitules 

 solitary or in corymbs ; receptacle flat ; involucral bracts 

 in many rows. Not alpine. 



/. Conyza, DC. {Conysa squarrosa, L.), Ploughman's 

 Spikenard; capitules very numerous, involucral bracts 

 brown, plant strongly scented ; thickets. /. spircscBfolia, 

 L. ; stem very leafy, leaves coriaceous, ciliate, glabrous ; 

 thickets; Southern Switzerland, Dauphiny. /. hirta, L.; 

 capitule often solitary, stem and leaves villous, involucral 

 bracts erect; rocky; Southern Switzerland, Jura, rare. 

 /. salicina, L. ; capitules generally few, upper leaves cor- 

 date, amplexicaul, lower linear-oblong, toothed; damp 

 meadows ; Southern Switzerland, Jura. /. Vaillantii, 

 Vill. ; leaves grey-tomentose beneath, stem-leaves lan- 

 ceolate, narrowed at the base ; damp thickets ; Western 

 Switzerland, Dauphiny. /. britannica, L. ; leaves soft, 

 slightly toothed, stem-leaves cordate, amplexicaul, achenes 

 villous; marshy fields; Switzerland, rare. /. Montana, 

 L. ; capitule large, solitary, leaves covered on both sides 

 with long silky hairs, achenes villous ; dry ; South- 

 western Switzerland, Dauphiny. 



13. PULICARIA, Gaertn. 



Resembling Inula, but pappus with an outer row of 

 short scales. Not alpine. 



The two English species, P. dysenterica, Gaertn., 

 woolly, with half-amplexicaul leaves, and ray-flowers 



