256 xi. vi. composite : corymbiferte. [ Pulicaria . 
3. I. crithmoides L. (Golden- Samphire) ; leaves linear fleshy 
generally 3-toothed at the extremity, scales of the involucre 
adpressed linear acuminate, rav nearly twice the length of the 
disk, achenes terete villous. E. B. t. 68. 
South and nest shores of England and Wales, in salt-marshes, and 
on sea-side rocks ; extending as far north as Galloway in Scotland. 
Howth, Ireland. If.. 7, 8. — One foot high, a little branched at 
the summit, each branch bearing a solitary head of flowers. 
41. Pulicaria Gcertn. Flea-bane. 
Achenes somewhat terete. Pappus double : outer one short 
membranous ; inner pilose, rough. Receptacle naked. Invo- 
lucre hemispherical, closely imbricated with numerous scales. 
Anthers with bristles at their base. (Flowers yellow.) — Name : 
pulex , a flea ; which is supposed to be driven away by its power- 
ful smell. 
1. P . dysenterica Gsertn. (common F.) ; leaves oblong cordate 
or sagittate and amplexicaul at the base wrinkled downy, stem 
woolly panieled, scales of the involucre setaceous, ray twice as 
long as the disk, outer pappus cup-shaped crenulate. Inula L. : 
E. B. t. 1115. 
Moist and watery places, frequent in England and in the county 
of Dublin. Rare in Scotland; Mull of Galloway; Bennan-head, 
Arran. 7(. 7 — 9. — About 1 foot high. 
2. P. vulgaris Gsertn. (small F.) ; leaves lanceolate wavy 
hairy narrow at the base and semiamplexicaul, stem much 
branched hairy, ray scarcely longer than the disk, outer pappus 
setulose-laciniate. Inula Pulicaria L. : E. B. t. 1196. 
Moist sandy places, especially where water has stood, in the south- 
east of England ; not found in Scotland or Ireland. ©. 8, 9. 
** Pappus none , or of short teeth or scales only. (Gen. 42 — 46.) 
42. Bellis Linn. Daisy. (Tab. IY. D.) 
Achenes compressed, with a minute epigynous disk. Pappus 
none. Receptacle naked, conical. Involucre hemispherical, its 
scales obtuse, equal, in a single row. (Florets of the disk 
yellow, those of the ray white tinged with red.) — Named from 
bellus, pretty. 
1. B. perennis L. (common D .): perennial, scape single- 1 
headed, leaves spathulate obovate crenate 1 -nerved. E. B. 
t. 424. 
Pastures, frequent. If. 2 — 10. — Who is there, whether in 
youth or in age, that is not sensible of the charms of this “ modest 
ciimson-tipped flower”? It is, therefore, in France called Marguerite, 
a term expressive of beauty, from margarita, a peart. 
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