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attributed to the Elecampane, the plant to which the name was originally applied. All the species are said to 
possess medicinal qualities, and the common Elecampane is highly aromatic. There are many species, but only 
one is common in gardens. 
1.— INULA GLANDULOSA, Bieb. THE GLANDULOUS ELECAMPANE 
Synonyhks. — L orientalis, Lam, ; I. grandiflora, Willd, ; Aster 
orientalis, Toum. 
EsoBiviNGs Bot. Mag. t. 1907 ; and out Jig. 2, in Plate 44. 
Specific Cuaracteh. — Leaves sessile, oblong, obsoletely serrated, 
serratures glaudulose. Stem hairy, one-flowered. Calycine scales 
lanceolate, billose. 
Description, &c. — This species has large golden-yellow flowers, which have a star-like appearance from the 
long, curved florets of the ray. The leaves are also remarkable, particularly those of the stem, for being set 
round the margin with dark brown or black spots, which are the glands from which the species takes its name. 
These glands are, however, wanting in the root-leaves. The species is a native of Georgia and Mount Caucasus, 
whence it was introduced in 1804. It is propagated by dividing the roots, or by seeds which ripen freely. 
GENUS VII. 
TELEKIA,jLm. THE TELEKIA. 
Lin. Syst. SYNGENESIA SUPERFLUA. 
Generic Chahactek. — Florets of the ray in one series. Achenium linear, elongated, many-sided. Pappus dentatcd, and crown-shaped. 
Subcartilaginous, and uniform. 
Description, &c. — Showy plants, natives of Europe. The origin of the name is not knovsTi. 
1.— TELEKIA SPECIOSA, Less. THE SHOWY TELEKIA. 
Synonymes. — Molpadia suaveolens, Cass.; Buphthalmum specie- j Pirs. ; I. macrophylh, Biei. 
Bum, Schreb. ; B. cordifolium, Waldst, et Kit^ Inula Caucasica, I Engravings. —Bot. Mag. t. 3466 ; and our fig. I, in Plate 44. 
Description, &c. — This magnificent plant generally grows six or eight feet high, with most luxuriant 
foliage. The leaves. Sir W. J. Hooker tells us in the Botanical Magazine, are "often a foot in length," and pro- 
portionately broad. The flowers are very large, and of a golden-yellow. It is a native of the provinces near 
the Black Sea, whence it was introduced in 1739. It is quite hardy, and will flower in any common garden 
soil. It flowers in July and August ; and it is propagated by seeds or division of the root. 
GENUS VIII, 
SILPHIUM, Lin. THE SILPHIUM. 
Lin. Syst. SYNGENESIA NECESSARIA. 
Generic Character. — Receptacle chaffy. Pappus two-cleft. Involucre squarrose. 
Description, &c.' — The derivation of the name of this genus is not known with certainty. The species have 
all yellow flowers, and they are all natives of America. 
1.— SILPHIUM TRIFOLIATUM, Lin. THE TRIFOLIATE SILPHIUM 
SvNONYME. — S. tenuifolium, Michx. 
Engravings. — Bot. Mag. t. 3355, and omfig. 3 in Plate 44. 
Specific Character. — Stem angular, glabrous. Leaves broadly 
Description, &c. — A native of the southern states of North America, whence it was introduced in 1755 
lanceolate, spreading, and three or four disposed in a whorl round the 
stem. Panicle branched. 
