0290 .) 
CONY'ZA* *. 
Linnean Class and Order. SYNGENE'siAf, Polyca'mia, 
Supe'rklua 
Natural Order. Compo'sit.e §, tribe, Corymbi'fer^:, Juss. 
— Lindl. Syn. pp. 140 & 142.; Introd. to Nat. Syst. of Bot. pp. 
197 & 199. — Mack. FI. Hibern. p. 142. — Compo'shve ; subord. 
Cardua'ceje, Loud. Hort. Brit. pp. 520 & 52 1 . — Synantue'reae ; 
tribe, Corymbi'fera!, Rich, by Macgill. pp. 454 & 455. — Corym- 
bifeRjE, sect. 2. Juss. Gen. PI. pp. 177 & 180. — Sm. Gram, of 
Bot. pp. 121 & 123. ; Engl. FI. v. iii. p. 334. — Syringales ; sub- 
order, Asteros.e ; sect. Asterin.e; subsect. AsteriaN/(e; type, 
Asteracea; ; Burn. Outl. of Bot. pp. 900, 901, 920, 924, & 926. — 
Compo'siTjE, Linn. 
Gen. Char. Involucrum ( common calyx) roundish, imbricated; 
scales acute, rigid, with spreading prominent points, especially the 
outer ones. Corolla compound, discoid ; florets tubular ; those of 
the disk numerous, funnel-shaped, with 5 equal segments, perfect, 
all fertile (fig. 3.) ; those of the circumference without stamens, 
barren, slender, 3-toothed. Filaments (fig. 3.) 5, hair-like, very 
short. Anthers in a cylindrical tube. Germen (see fig. 3.) oblong. 
Style (see fig. 3.) thread-shaped, the length of the florets. Stigmas 2, 
spreading, more slender in the marginal florets. Seed-vessel none. 
Seed (fig. 4.) oblong. Pappus (see fig. 4.) simple, sessile, rough. 
Receptacle (see fig. 5.) naked. 
The roundish, imbricated involucrum ; the 3-toothed florets of 
the circumference ; the rough pappus ; and naked receptacle ; will 
distinguish this from other genera, with a discoid corolla, in the 
same class and order. 
One species British. 
CONY'ZA SQUARRO'SA. Rough Ploughman’s Spikenard. 
Great Fleabane. Montpelier Fleabane. 
Spec. Char. Leaves downy, egg-spear-shaped, serrated, the 
upper ones entire. Stem herbaceous, corymbose. Scales of the 
involucrum recurved, leafy. 
Engl. Bot. t. 1195. — Curt. Brit. Entomol. v. vi. t. 277. — Lin. Sp. Pt. p. 1205. — 
Hulls. Ft. Angl. (2nd ed.) p. 363. — Willd. Sp. Pi. v. iii. pt. in. p. 1918. — Sm. FI. 
Brit. v.ii. p. 873. ; Engl. Ft. v. iii. p. 420. — With. (7th ed.) v. iii. p. 930. — Gray’s 
Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 462. — Lindl. Syn. p. 142. — Hook. Brit. FI. p. 358. — Lightf. FI. 
Scot. v. i. p. 473. — Sibth. FI. Oxon. p. 251. — Abbot’s FI. Bedf. p. 180. — Davies’ 
Welsh Bot. p. 78. — Purt. Midi. FI. v. ii. p. 395. — ltelh. FI. Cant. (3rdeil. ) p. 339. — 
Hook. FI. Scot. p. 241. — H. Devon, pp. 137 & 159. — Winch’s FI. of Nortliumb. 
and Durham, p. 53. — Walker’s FI. of Oxf. p. 238. — Jacob’s West Devon and Corn- 
wall Flora. — Perry’s PI. Varvic. Selecta;, p. 70. — Bab. FI. Bath. p. 26. — Inula 
Conyga, Hook. Brit. FI. (4th ed.) p. 306. — Baccharis monspeliensium, Ray’s 
Syn. p. 179. — Johnson’s Gerarde, p. 792. 
Fig. 1. A Floret, with its pappus. — Fig. 2. A Floret without its pappus. — Fig. 3. 
Stamens and Pistil. — Fig. 4. A Seed crowned with the pappus. — Fig. 5. Recep- 
tacle. — Figs. 2 & 3. slightly magnified. 
* From konops, Gr. a gnat ; the plant having been supposed to possess the virtue 
of driving away insects. Hookek, 
•t See folio 91, note t. ; See folio 36, note ;. 
? See folio 27, a. 
