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BRITISH WILD FLOWERS. 
GENUS I. 
THE HEMP-AGRIMONY. (Eupatomom, Lin.) 
Lin. Syst. SYNGENESIA H3QUALIS. 
Generic Character. —Involucrum cylindrical; scales imbricated, oval-oblong. Florets few, all tubular, hermaphrodite. Receptacle naked. 
Pappus pilose. {Dec.) 
Description, &c.— There is only one species in this genus, viz. E. cannabinum. It is a coarse-growing 
plant, with purplish flowers, which it produces in July and August. It is a perennial, and it grows most 
luxuriantly in moist places. The genus is named from Eupator, a surname of Mithridates, who is said to have 
used the plant in composing liis celebrated antidotes. It is placed in the Linnsean class Syngenesia, like all the 
other Composite, from its anthers being united so as to form a tube ; and in the order iEqualis, because each floret 
has both stamens and styles. 
GENUS II. 
GOLDYLOCKS. (Chrysocoma, Lin.) 
Lin. Syst. SYNGENESIA J5QUALIS. 
Generic Character. —Involucrum imbricated, hemispherical, or ovate; scales linear. Florets all hermaphrodite, tubular. Pappus hairy, 
ciliated. Receptacle excavated. {Dec.) 
Description, &c.~—The only British species belonging to this genus (C. Linosyris) is known by the popular 
English name of Goldylocks, in allusion to its immense masses of golden yellow flowers, which, from being 
supported on very slender stalks, wave to and fro in the wind. The leaves are also small and narrow, so that 
when seen at a little distance the whole plant appears to consist only of a long slender stem, and a large terminal 
mass of golden yellow flowers. The plant is a perennial, and its flowers appear in August and September. It 
is only found wild in the southern counties of England. Chrysocoma signifies literally golden hair. This genus 
is in the same Linnaean class and order as the preceding one. 
GENUS III. 
THE SPIKENARD. (Conyza, Lin.) 
Lin. Syst. SYNGENESIA SUPERFLUA. 
Generic Character. — Involucrum roundish, imbricated. Florets all tubular ; in the centre five-toothed, hermaphrodite, in the ray barren, 
slender, three-toothed. Receptacle naked. Pappus hairy, ciliated. {Dec.) 
Description, &c.— The Ploughman’s Spikenard (C. squarrosa) is a downy herb of no beauty, which is very 
common on calcareous soils in every part of England. It is a biennial, and bears its yellowish flowers in Sep¬ 
tember and October. The provincial names of Flybane and Fleabane, which ai’e frequently given to this plant, 
allude to the popular notion that its smell, when it was burnt, would drive away all kinds of disagreeable 
insects. The scientific name of Conyza , which signifies a gnat, is supposed to allude to the same circumstance. 
This genus is in the same Linnsean class as the last; but it is placed in a different order, from part of its florets 
being perfect, and the rest containing only stamens. 
