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3. /. Crithmoides (Golden Samphire).- -Leai^es very narrow, fleshy, 

 smooth, bhmt, or 3-pointed. Well distinguished from every other 

 British plant by its fleshy leaves and large yellow flowers, which 

 grow singly at the extremity of the branches. Salt marshes 

 and sea cliffs, rare. — Fl. July, August. Perennial, 



4. /. salicina. — Erect, about 18 inches high, almost glabrous ; 

 leaves lanceolate, toothed, clasping the stem; flower-heads large, 

 usually solitary. Found only by Lough Derg, 

 Galway. 



39. PuLicARiA (Flea-bane). 



I. r. dysenterica (Common Flca-bane).~-"Sfem 

 woolly; leaves oblong, heart- or arrow-shaped 

 at the base, embracing the stem ; scales of 

 the involucre bristle-shaped. From -2 feet 

 high, growing in masses, and well marked by 

 its soft hairy foliage and large flat heads of 

 bright yellow flowers, those of the ray being 

 very numerous, narrow, and longer than the 

 disk. Watery places ; common, rare in Scotland. 

 — Fl. August. Perennial. 



pulicaria 



Dysenterica 



(Common Flea-bane) 



2, P. vulgaris (Small Flea-banc). — Stem hairy ; leaves narrow, 

 tapering, hairy. Resembling the last, but not above half the size, 

 nor by any means so hoary. Sandy heaths, where water has 

 stood ; not common. Not found in Scotland or Ireland. — 

 Fl. September. Annual. 



40. Bellis (Daisy) 

 I. B. ferennis (Common Daisy).- 



-The 



only British species, too well known and 

 admired to need any description or com- 

 ment. — Fl. nearly all the year round. 

 Perennial. 



41. Chrysanthemum (Ox-eye) 



I. C. Leucanthemum (White Ox-eye). — • 

 Florets of the ray white ; lower leaves 

 stalked, iipper sessile, pinnatifid at the 

 base. Almost as well known as the 

 common daisy. A great favourite with children, who string the 

 flowers on a stout grass-straw, or bit of wire, and make a very 



Bellis Ferennis 

 (Common Daisy) 



