478 71. COMPOSITE : CICHOBIACE.E. 



and 5056 ?) ; Cobean Abchipelago : Bate group {Oldham, 463 ?). 

 Mus. Brit, j Herb. Kew. 



Europe and North Africa to Japan, and in North America. 

 The Chinese specimens in the Kew Herbarium, here doubtfully 

 referred to this species, are not typical H. umbellatum, and may 

 belong to H. crocatum, Fries. 



1. Hypochoeris grandiflora, Ledeb. Fl. Alt. iv. p. 164 ; Franch. 

 et Savat. Enum. PI. Jap. i. p. 267 ; Franchet, PI. David. 

 p. 186. 



Achyrophorus grandiflorus, Ledeb. Fl. Boss. ii. p. 777 ; Maxim. Ind. Fl. 

 Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 473 ; Baker et S. Moore, in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 xvii. p. 383. 



Achyrophorus aurantiacus, DC. Prodr. vii. p. 93. 



Shingking : Moukden to Taloo river (Webster !), Talienhwan 

 (Swinhoe !), Chienshan (Boss !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



Altai and Dahuria eastward to Japan. 



1. Taraxacum officinale, Web. in Wiggers, Prim. Fl. Hoist. 

 p. 56; Ledeb. Fl. Boss. ii. p. 812 ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. 

 p. 401 ; Baker et S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 383 ; 

 Debeaux,Fl. Shangh. p. 39. 



Taraxacum Dens-leonis, Desf. Fl. Atl. ii. p. 228; DC. Prodr. vii. 

 p. 145 ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 192. 



Taraxacum ceratophorum, DC. Prodr. vii. p. 146 ; Maxim. Ind. Fl. Pek. 

 in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 473. 



Taraxacum comiculatum, DC. Prodr. vii. p. 146 ; Franchet, PI. David. 

 p. 187. 



Leontodon Taraxacum , Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 798; Bretschn. Early 

 Bes. p. 160. 



Taraxacum sinense, DC. Prodr. vii. p. 150 ; Bretschn. Early Res. p. 160. 



Leontodon sinense, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 479. 



Chihli, Shingking, and Coeea to Szechuen, Hongkokg, and 

 Formosa, common, at least in the northern provinces, and equally 

 as variable as in Europe (Bretschneider ! Boss ! A. Henry ! Old- 

 ham ! Champion ! and others). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



Generally spread in both northern and southern cold and 

 temperate regions, though doubtfully native in the southern 

 hemisphere. 



