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Sub-Genus II.— ENULA. Dub. 
Achenes cylindrical, finely striate all round, truncate or slightly 
attenuated towards the apex. Pappus of a single row of shortly - 
ciliated hairs. 
SPECIES IT.— INULA CONYZA. D.C. 
Plate DCCLXVII. 
Mm* re. Fl. Germ, efc Helv. Vol. XVI. Tab. CMXXIII. 
t, Fl. Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. No. 2090. 
\za squarrosa, Linn. Sin. Eng. Bot. No. 1195. 
Stem corymho-paniculately branched towards the top. Radical 
Leaves stalked, oblanceolate ; stem-leaves (except the lowest) sub- 
file, those in the middle of the stem lanceolate or lanceolate- 
elliptical, attenuated at the base ; all faintly and irregularly dentate- 
ate, pubescent on both sides. Anthodes very numerous, rather 
small, aggregated in small corymbs at the extremity of the stem 
and branches, which united form a compound corymb or corym- 
bose-topped panicle. Pericline oblong - cam panulate ; phyllaries 
strapshaped, the outer ones a little broader, green, often purple 
at the margin, adpressed with spreading tips, pubescent on the 
back ; inner ones sub-scarious and ciliated. Florets of the ray 
with the ligule very short, not exceeding the phyllaries or pappus, 
involute, toothed at the summit. Achenes glabrous with a few 
hairs near the top, cylindrical, striated. Pappus of hairs in a 
single row. 
On dry banks and in bushy places and woods, especially on 
chalky soils. Rather common, extending as far North as West- 
moreland and York. 
England. Biennial. Autumn. 
Stem erect, 1 to 4 feet high, striate, purple, branched in the 
upper half with long erect-ascending slender generally nearly leafless 
branches. Anthodes \ inch long, longer than broad, with the 
inner phyllaries generally purple. Elorets yellow, scarcely ex- 
ling the phyllaries. Achenes dark-brown, with rather strong 
stria?. Pappus dirty-white. Plant green, rather softly pubescent. 
Lower leaves somewhat resembling those of the Eoxglove. 
Ploughman's Spikenard. 
French, Aunee Rude. German, Sparr'ujer Alaut. 
