PL ex. cal. 39. COMPOSITE, C. 229. Pulicaria. 463 
1. Pulicaria uliginosa. Marsh Jleabane. 
Stem upright, panicled ; leaves stem-clasping, oblong, 
waved, villous ; peduncles opposite to the leaves ; calathides 
rather globose ; rays very short. 
Conyza minor, Rati Syn. 174, 1. 
Conyza minima, Ger. em. 482,4. 
Inula Pulicaria, Lin. S. P. 1238. 
Aster pulicarius, Scop. Carniola , 1080. 
Inula uliginosa, Sibthorp m m Fl. Ox. 206. 
Inula cylindrica, Withering Rot. Arr. 731. 
Pulicaria vulgaris, Gccrtn. Sem.et Fr. 2,461. 
Small jleabane . Dwarf jleabane. 
Damp sandy heaths ; annual ; September. 
Root fusiform; stem much branched; rays longer than 
the pericline, rarely 0. 
2. Pulicaria dysenterica . Bloody -flux Jleabane. 
Stem downy, panicled ; side branches spread, and longer 
than the main stem ; leaves stem-clasping, heartshape, ob- 
long, naked, serrate, hairy beneath ; pericline-scales bristle- 
like. 
Conyza media, Raii Syn. 174, 1 ; Ger . em. 482, 3. 
Insula dysenterica, Lin. S. P. 1237. 
Aster dysentericus, Scop. Garniol . 1079. 
Common jlea-wort. Herb Christopher. Middle jleabane. 
Watery places; perennial; August to October. 
Root creeping ; stem upright ; leaves spreading; calathides 
racemose, terminal ; rays twice as long as the pericline. — 
Odour soapy ; useful in dysentery. 
LV. 230. INULA. Pliny. Elecampane . 
Pericline hemispherical ; scales imbricate ; inner scales 
linear, slender, equal, scariose ; outer ovate, unequal, weak ; 
calathides radiated ; flowers of the centre funnelshape, her- 
maphrodite; of the rays very numerous, female, yellow; 
ligulae linear ; basillary appendix to the anther long, slen- 
der ; clinanthus flat, bald, pitted, rather smooth ; akenium 
4-sided, streaked, bald ; pappus hairlike, rather rough, 
longer than the akenium. 
Inula grandiflora . Great-flowered elecampane 
Leaves embracing the stem, ovate, slightly toothed, wrin- 
kled; tomentose beneath. 
Helenium, Raii Syn. 176, 1 ; Ger. em. 793. 
Helenium sive Inula campana, Park. 674. 
Inula Helenium, Lin. S . P. 1236. 
Aster Helenium, Seopoli Cam. 1078, 
Scab wort. Horse-heal. 
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