SYNGENESIA ^ftUALIS. 



497 



594. APARGIA. Gen. pi. 1232. 



i. A. scapis ramosis declinatis squamosis, folils lanceolatis 



runcinato-pinnatifidis glabriusculis. IFilld. sp.pl. 3. 



p. 1550. 

 Leontodon autumnale- Sp.pl. 1123. 

 Hedypnois autumnalis. Smith Jl. Irit. 2. p. 826. 

 Icon. Fl. dan. 501. Engl. bot. 830. 

 In pastures and on road sides : New England. 1/ . Aug. 



Sept. V. V. Flowers golden-yellow, outside red. It 



is probably an introduced plant. 



autumnalis. 



5Q5. SCORZONERA. Gen. pi. 1230. 



S. caule erecto 3-floro, pedunculis elongatis, foliis lan- 

 ceolatis acutissimis aeute-pinnatifidis interdum rariter 

 dentatis. Mich. Jl. amer. 2. p. 89. 



Leontodon carolinianum. IFalt.Jl. car. I92. 



In waste places : Carolina. Michaux. + . 



pinnatifida. 



596. LEONTODON. Gen. pi. 1237. 



1. L. calyce exteriore reflexo, scapo unifioro, foliis runci- Taraxacum. 

 natis glabris, laciniis lanceolatis dentatis. IVilld. sp. 

 pl.3. p. 1544. 

 Icon. Fl.dan. 574. Ejigl. hot. 510. 

 Common in fields and grass plots 5 probably introduced. 

 2; , April — July. v. v. Flowers yellow ; it is gene- 

 rally known by the name of Dandelion. There is 

 another species, found in shady wet woods, which I 

 consider indigenous, but I have no materials in hand 

 to give its description. 



597. CHONDRILLA. Gen. pi. 1235. 



1. C. glaberrimum, multicaule 5 foliis lineari-lanceolatis in- l(Svigata. 

 tegerrimis, pedunculis 2-3.1ongissimissubaphyllis uni- 

 floris. 

 In Lower Virginia. ^ . Aug. Sept. v. v. Flowers 

 bright yellow ; pappus turns a pale red ; the peduncles 

 are from six to ten inches long, with a few linear, small 

 leaves. 



