28 ENGLISH BOTANY. 
lens. Plant dull-^rccn ; anthodes and the under side of the leaves 
grey, the latter at length glabrous above. 
Alpine Saw-wort. 
French, Saussuree des Alpes. 
Tribe III.— CRUPINE^l. 
Florets all tubular, perfect, or the marginal ones neuter or 
female, each one not surrounded by an involucel : occasionally the 
anthodes arc sub- dioecious by abortion. Anthers without basal 
appendages. Pappus persistent, of hairs free at the base. Fruit 
attached to the clinanth by its base. 
GENVS VII— S ERR A TULA. Linn. 
Pericline of imbricated entire phyllaries, the exterior ones 
mucronate, the interior scarious at the apex. Plorets all equal, 
perfect or unisexual and sub-polygamo-dioGcious by abortion. Fila- 
ments free, papillose ; anthers without basal appendages. Achenes 
oblong-ovoid, laterally compressed, glabrous, with an elevated line 
on each face, the base oblique, but the attachment is not lateral ; 
epigynous disk with a very faint entire border. Pappus persistent, 
consisting of denticulated hairs, arranged in several rows, the 
innermost ones longest, free to the base. Clinanth hairy. 
Herbs without, or nearly without, spines, glabrous or scabrous. 
Pericline ovoid or sub-cylindrical. Flowers purple, varying to 
white. 
The name of this genus comes from serra, a saw, on account of the jagged edges 
of the leaves of the species. 
SPECIES L-SERRATULA TINCTORIA. Linn. 
Plates DCC1V. DCCIV. (bis). 
Reich. Ir. El, Germ, et II.lv. Vol. XV Tab. DCCCI1. 
Billot, PL GalL et Germ. Bxdco. No. 2494. 
Leaves pinnat [partite, frequently sub-lyrate ; segments bristly- 
lerrulate, the radical and lower ones petiolate, rareh entire ; 
ilie uppermost sessile. Anthodes stalked, rarely subsessile, sub- 
polygamo-dicecious, corymbose. Pericline of the sub -perfect 
flowers oblong-cylindrical, of the female cylindrical-ovoid ; outer 
phyllaries ovate-acute, inner ones elongate-strapshaped, all ad- 
