ENGLISH BOTANY. 
l.i wet places, margins of ponds and ditches. Common in Eng- 
land, rare in Scotland, where it occurs as far North as the counties 
of Moray, Kincardine, and Argyle. Var. 3 rare. I have seen 
it from Bungay, Suffolk; Richmond, Yorkshire; Portmore, co. 
Antrim. 
England, Scotland, Ireland. Annual. Late Summer 
and Autumn. 
Stem erect, 3 inches to 2 feet high, simple in small examples 
(when it is B. minima, Linn.), paniculately branched in large speci- 
mens. Leaves very coarsely serrated or inciso-serrate, those in the 
middle of the stem with enlarged bases, which are united together 
across t lie stem, but so slightly as scarcely to deserve the name of 
connate. Anthodes hemispherical, \ to f inch across, the outer 
phyllaries strapshaped or oblong - strapshaped, generally reflexed, 
one-hair to twice as long as the inner phyllaries; inner phyllaries 
and paleae yellow, striped with black, the latter oblanceolate, and 
slightly exceeding the florets. Achenes oblong, olive, with the ribs 
and awns paler, the latter generally 4 in number, but sometimes 
only 3 ; lateral ribs stronger than those on the back and face. Plant 
nearly glabrous, except the stem. 
Nodding Bur- Mary gold. 
French, Bident Penche. German, Nickender Wasser-dott. 
SPECIES II.— B 1DENS TRIPARTITA. Linn. 
Plate DCCLXIV. 
Reich, [a H. Germ, et Helv. Vol. XVI. Tab. CMXLI. Fig. 1. 
Billot, PL Gall et Germ. Exsicc. No. 28G6. 
Stem nearly glabrous. Leaves glabrous, lanceolate, coarsely 
serrate, generally with 2 large lanceolate lobes at the base, so as 
to be tripartite, and sometimes with the terminal portion also 
deeply 3-clefl ; those in the middle of the stem stalked, with the 
bases of the petioles united by a transverse line. Anthodes civet 
or sub-erect, solitary at the extremity of the stem and branches. 
Ten. hue Longer than broad; outer phyllaries unequal, foliaceous, 
i with recurved points, longer than the inner ones, ciliated at 
the margins; inner phyllaries oblong-ovate, scarious, nearly as 
long as the florets. Achonos much compressed, enlarged upwards, 
ile, with !• ribs, 2 (or more rarely 3) of which terminate in 
awns, which, as well as the ribs, arc armed with reflexed prickles. 
In wit places, margins of ponds and ditches. Common in 
