recently discovered in Scotland by Mr. George Don. 345 
Hieracium pulchrum. Bauh. Hist. v. 2. 1025. 
H. montanum alterum leptomacrocaulon. Column. Ecphr. 248. 
t. 249. i 
Lapsana ehondrilloides. Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1. 812. 
Found in 1796 amongst crumbling rocks on the hill of Turin, 
to the east of Forfar. gee 
The plant is not at present known in our gardens, though sé l 
to have been cultivated at Chelsea in Rand's time; see Hort. 
Kew. Mr. Don rightly determined it to be a Crepis, and the 
Linnzan specimen decides its species. ‘Fhe flowers are small and 
inconspicuous, of a pale yellow. Each. calyx-leaf acquires a 
strong prominent smooth rib as the seed ripens. — | 
_ This plant appears in two places in the Ist edition of Spec. 
Plant. but in the 2d the Lapsana is made a variety 8, which is still 
incorreet, for it is precisely one and the same in every respect. 
My worthy friend Dr. Afzelius once told me an amusing 
anecdote to account for the specifie name of this Crepis. The 
Queen of Sweden, Louisa Ulrica, celebrated as the great pa- 
troness of Linneus, used frequently, in her visits to the U psal 
garden, to jest with him for his valuing many mean or ill-looking 
plants, im which she could see nothing to admire. Coming to 
this little Crepis, which is far from ornamental, in oue of her 
walks with the Professor, the Queen exclaimed, “This E suppose 
you call a pretty plant!” Linneeus replied, “ The plant has as 
yet not been called any thing; but Your Majesty has given it a 
name which shall certainly be adopted.” He therefore called it 
Crepis pulehra. The old synonym of Bauhin, Hieracium pulchrum, 
may seem to invalidate this story, but will not be found to do so 
in reality; as, though it might afford the precise name, the idea 
might nevertheless be suggested to Linneus by the Queen. 
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