354 SYNGENESIA—POLYGAM.-iEQU. Hieracium. 



/3. Hieracium prsemorsum laciniatum. Dill, in RaiiS7jn. 164. 



Jagged Hawkbit. Peliv. H. Brit. t. 12./. 2. 



y. Hieracium folio acuto minus. Dill, in Raii Syn. 164. 



Small Jagged Hawkbit. Petiv. H. Brit. t. 12./. 3. 



S. Hieracium folio obtuse minus. Dill, in Raii Syn. 164. 



Dandelion Hawkbit. Petiv. H. Brit. t. 12./. 4. 



In meadows and pastures very common. 



Perennial. August. 



Root abrupt, with very long, simple, lateral fibres. Leaves several, 

 almost entirely radical, lanceolate, deeply and unequally toothed, 

 or pinnatifidj tapering at the base; often quite smooth; some- 

 times rough, with variously scattered hairs. Stalks several, as- 

 cending or spreading, branched, from 6 to 18 inches high, round, 

 curved or wavy ; naked in the lower part, but not quite smooth ; 

 the ultimate divisions, or partial stalks, scaly, with many scat- 

 tered linear bructeas. Each stalk is hollow internally, containing 

 a loose, white, cottony tuft, first noticed by the Rev. Mr. Holme, 

 a most accurate and observing naturalist. Cal. slender, a little 

 downy, as well as the top of the stalk. Fl. bright yellow, not 

 large, often reddish underneath ; once found in a proliferous 

 state at the margin, by the late Rev. H. Bryant. Seeds slender, 

 all crowned with sessile feathery down. 



This plant has not been applied to any particular use, nor is it, 

 though common, a very troublesome weed. It varies much in 

 luxuriance, and is often found thriving in extremely poor land 

 newly turned up. 



The figure in Fl. Dan. t. 501 appears rather doubtful. 



377. HIERACIUM. Hawkweed. 



Linn. Gen. 402. Juss. 169. R. Br. 827. Tourn. t. 267. law. t. 652. 

 Gcertn. t. 158. 



Common Cal. ovate, imbricated, with numerous, linear 

 scales, very unequal in length, spreading moderately 

 when in seed, sometimes finally reflexed. Cor. compound, 

 of numerous, imbricated, uniform, perfect, ligulate, linear, 

 abrupt, 5-toothed ^ore/5. Filam. capillary, very short. 

 Anth. in a cylindrical tube, much shorter than the floret. 

 Germ, ovate. Style thread-shaped, a little prominent. 

 Stigm. 2, recurved. Seed-vessel none, except the mode- 

 rately spreading, or converging, rarely reflexed, perma- 

 nent calyx. Seed ovate or oblong, angular, various in 

 length, not beaked. Doixn sessile, copious, uniform, 

 simple, often minutely rough. Recept. convex, naked, 

 or nearly so, dotted, sometimes a little scaly. 



A numerous perennial genus, generally inhabiting moun- 

 tainous or woody situations. Stem erect, panicled, and 



