126 SYNGENESIA. HZQUALIS. 
said to be scarcely distinct from Hieractum. In this genus 
‘the leaves appear to be uniformly pinnatifid, or more or 
less laciniated; scapes or stems irregularly branched or 
subcorymbose; scales of the calix mostly embracing the 
“Marginal seeds, so as to render them obtusely carinated. 
Species. 1.B. caroliniana. Leontodon carolinianum. Wal- 
ter. p.192. Scorzonera pinnatifida. Mich. 2. p. 89. Chon- 
drilla levigata. Pu. 2. p. 497. Leaves lanceolate, acute, 
laciniate, subpinnatifid, or nearly entire, smooth; stem 
erect, about 3-flowered, peduncles very long; calicle short 
and subulate. HAs. From Virginia to Florida, common; 
ee) bright citron yellow, and about the size of Apar- 
gia autumnalis, Ons. Root perennial. Stems scapoid, 
nearly solitary, 6 to 12 inches high (including the pedun- 
cles), smooth and grooved. Leaves smooth, sometimes 
pubescent on the margin, primary ones long, linear, and 
nearly entire, or irregularly dentate, succeeding and ses- 
sile cauline leaves, pinnatifidly laciniated, segments ve 
acute. Peduncles 6 to 10 inches long, and nearly naked. 
Calicle small and spreading. Calix often a little pubescent, 
formed of a single series of ligulate leaflets, from 12 to 
18 in number, grooved in the fruit, and ages vi. 
Flosculi very numerous. Receptacle naked. Pappus pi- 
lose, stipitate. Seed dark grey, incurved, attenuated 
above; S-ribbed, and transversely rugose, the 2 dorsal 
ribs much smaller than the others. 
533. KRIGIA. Willdenow,. 
- Calix many-leaved, simple. Receptacle naked. 
Pappus double, external membranaceous 5 or 
Sleaved, interior about 5, 8, or 24 scabrous 
or sete. eke! eg Sie digest 
“Small annuals; scapes 1 or more flowered, rarely cau- 
lescent; leaves lyrate, runcinate, or entire, mostly glaucous; 
calix 8 to 12-parted, naked 
Haw. Near 
6 St — Florida.—Dr. Baidwyn- Flowers orange- 
