SAUSSUREA.—ARCTIUM. 179 
ments distinct, naked. Fr. mostly villose. Pappus in 1—2 rows, 
not surrounded by an elevated margin. 
25. SaussuREA Cand. 
1. S. alpina (DC.); 1. nearly glabrous above cottony beneath, 
lower ones ovate lanceolate, upper sessile lanceolate, all distantly 
toothed, heads few in a dense corymb, involucre subcylindrical, 
phyll. adpressed hairy.—Serratula Sm., E. B. 599.—St. 3—12 
mn. high, erect, downy, simple, terminating in a small corymb of 
heads with pinkish florets and purple anthers. FI. scented like 
Heliotrope. Fr. glabrous—In alpine situations. P. VIII. 
26. Carina Linn. 
1. C. vulgaris (L.); st. corymbose one- or many-headed, 1. ob- 
long-lanceolate sinuate spinous, outer phyll. bipinnatifid spmous, 
inner linear-lanceolate attenuated acute ciliated in the lower half, 
bracts shorter than the heads.—H. B. 1144.—St. 6—12 im. high, 
usually cottony, leafy. Root-l. lanceolate or lear-lanceolate. 
Under side of the 1. and phyll. often cottony. Heads large, inner 
*phyll. cream-coloured, florets red, anth. yellow.—Dry sandy 
heaths. B. VII.—X. 
[C. racemosa (L.); 1. lanceolate sinuate spose, heads in the 
axils of the dichotomous st. or terminal, mner phyll. radiant yel- 
low, bracts longer than the heads.—A single specimen found in 
the isle of Arran. I. Mr. Andrews. Lond. Journ. Bot. iv. 570.] 
27. Arctium Linn. 
1. A. majus (Schkuhr) ; heads subcorymhose, mvolucres nearly 
glabrous, inner phyll. subulate gradually attenuated into a mu- 
cronate point longer than the florets.—A. Lappa Sm.—St. much 
branched, 3—4 feet high, leafy. L. cordate ovate, the lowermost 
very large. Heads large. Phyll. all yellowish-green; a few of 
the innermost narrowed very gradually into a short rigid straight 
point, the margins scarious. Scarcely any trace of a web unless 
on the very youngest heads.—Waste places, not very common. 
B. VIL. VIM. Great Burdock. 
2. A. minus (Schkuhr) ; heads racemose globular webbed, inner 
phyll. coloured subulate rather abruptly mucronate shorter than 
the florets.—A. Lappa, E. B.1228. Fl. Lond. ii. 173.—L. rather 
smaller than in the last. Heads small. Phyll. usually purplish, 
inner ones without hooks but narrowed rather suddenly into an 
almost straight rigid point. Web often very slight.—. A. inter- 
medium (Lange MSS.) ; heads larger ovate, phyll. proportionably 
longer and more prominent. A. Bardana E. B. 2478. (not Willd.) 
—Waste places. B. VII. VIII. Lesser Burdock. 
