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larger. S. cambrica Huds. — Woods and thickets. /3. on moun- 
tains. P. VII.— IX. Golden Rod. 
8. (7.) Chrysocoma Linn. 
1. C. Linosyris (L.) ; herbaceous, I. linear glabrous, heads 
corymbose, involucres lax. — E. B. 2505. Linosyris vulgaris DC 
— St. 12 — 18 in. high, simple, leafy. L. single-ribbed, smooth 
or scabrous, very numerous, more or less punctate. Fl. yellow. 
— Limestone cliffs, rare. P. VIII. IX. 
Section 2. INULEyE. Heads never dioecious, rarely homo- 
gamous or discoid, generally heterogamous and radiant. Female 
florets ligulate. Anth. with appendages. Receptacles without 
scales. L. alternate. 
9. (11.) Inula Linn. 
1 . I. Helenium (L.) ; outer scales of the involucre ovate, inner 
obovate, I. unccpially dentate downy beneath cordate-ovate acute 
clasping, root 1. stalked elliptic-oblong, fr. quadrangular gla- 
brous.- — E. B. 1546. — St. 3 — 1 feet high, round, furrowed, solid, 
leafy, branched above. Heads few-together or solitary, terminal, 
very large ; florets bright yellow. Involucral scales reflexed. — 
Moist pastures. P. VII. VIII. Elecampane. 
2. I. Conyza (DC.) ; scales of the involucre all linear, 1. ovate- 
lanceolate downy denticulate, lower 1. narrowed into a footstalk, 
florets of the ray subligulate, fr. terete. — Conyza squarrosa 
E. B. 1195. — St. 1 — 2 feet high, leafy. Heads corymbose. In- 
volucral scales reflexed, leafy. Florets yellow, those of the cir- 
cumference between tubular and ligulate, deeply divided on the 
inner side. — Calcareous soils. P. VII. — IX. Plowman's Spike- 
nard. E. 
3. I. crithmoides (L.) ; scales of the involucre linear taper- 
pointed, I. fleshy linear obtuse or with 3 points. — E. B. 68. — 
St. about a foot high, slightly branched near the top, each branch 
terminating in a solitary head with an orange-coloured disk and 
yellow rays. — On rocks by the sea. P. VII. VIII. Golden 
Samphire. 
10. (12.) Pulicaria Gaert. 
1. P. vulgaris (Gaert.) ; I. lanceolate wavy narrow at the base 
and somewhat clasping, st. much branched downy, heads lateral 
and terminal hemispherical with very short rays. — Inula (L.) 
E. B. 1196. — St. 6 — 12 in. high, leafy. Heads small, florets 
yellow.— Moist sandy heaths. A. VIII. IX. E. 
2. P. dysenterica (Gaert.) ; I. oblong cordate at the base clasp- 
ing obsoletely toothed downy beneath, st. panicled woolly, heads 
axillary and terminal corymbose, rays much longer than the disk. 
