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THE COMPOSITE FAMILY. 



1. Great Doronic. 



Fig. 542, 



Doronicum Pardalianches, Linn. 

 (Fig. 542.) 

 (Eng. Bot. Suppl. t. 2654. Leopard's -bane.) 



Rootstock more or less creeping, often 

 woolly at the crown. Radical leaves 

 broadly ovate and deeply cordate at the 

 base. Stems about 2 feet high, with but 

 few leaves, mostly ovate ; the lower ones 

 stalked, but embracing the stem by a 

 broader dilated base ; the upper ones 

 small, sessile or embracing the stem. 

 Flower-heads generally 3 to 5, on long, 

 leafless peduncles ; the yellow rays nu- 

 merous, and narrow. 



In woods and mountain pastures, in 

 central Europe, frequently cultivated in 

 cottage gardens, and readily spreads in 

 their vicinity. In Britain, only as an out- 

 cast from gardens, but apparently well 

 established in several parts of England 

 and southern Scotland. Fl. spring and 

 early summer. 



2. Plantain Doronic. 



Fig. 543. 



Doronicum plantagineum, Linn. 

 (Fig. 543.) 



Differs from the great D. chiefly in 

 the radical leaves, which are never cor- 

 date, usually narrowed or wedge-shaped 

 at the base, and rather strongly marked 

 with 3 or 5 ribs ; the stem-leaves nar- 

 rower than in the great D. ; and the 

 flower-head solitary on a long terminal 

 peduncle, or very rarely, when very 

 luxuriant, the stem bears 2 or 3 heads. 



In open, sandy woods, in central and 

 southern Europe, from the Atlantic to 

 the eastern frontier, extending in France 

 considerably to the northward of Paris. 

 In Britain, like the last species, only as 

 an escape from cultivation. Fl. spring 

 and early summer. Both the species vary, 

 either glabrous or hairy, and with their 

 leaves entire or irregularly toothed. 



