SYNX^KXESIA— POI.YGAM.-.EQr.Tnioopogon.S^T 

 370. TRAGOPOGON. Goat's-W nl. 



Linn. Gen. 3i)8. Juss. 1 70. Fl. Br. 8 1 2. Tourn. /, 270. L«m, 

 ^646. Gcrrhi.(.]r}9. 



Common Cal. sim})le, of several lanceolate equal scales, 

 ranged altei-nately in two rows, all connected at the base, 

 permanent. Cor. compound, imbricated, unitbrm ; flo- 

 rets numerous, all perfect, unitbrm, ligulate, abrupt, with 

 5 teeth ; the outer ones rather the longest. Filam. j, 

 troni the tube, capillary, very short. AnlJi. in a cylin- 

 drical tube. Germ., obovate*. Style thread-shaped, as 

 long as the anthers. Sti^j^m. 2, revolute. Sccd-ve.^sel none, 

 except the converging, })ointed common ccdij.v, about as 

 long as the seeds, tumid at the base, finally reflexed. Seed 

 1 to each floi-et, oblong, angular, striated, rough, taper- 

 ing at each Qm\, crovvned by the orbicular flattish seed- 

 doicn, consisting oi'about HO spreading feathery rays, on 

 a long awl-shnped stalk. Rerept. flat, naked, minutely 

 cellular. 



Biennial, nearly smoodi, herbs, with long, undivided, ta- 

 pering leaves^ sheathing at the base. Fl. terminal, soli- 

 tary, large, erect, yellow or puri)le, closing before noon. 



I. T. j)rale/isis. \'ellow (loat's beard. 



Calyx about ecjual to the corolla. Leaves keeled, tapering; 

 dilated and somewhat undulated at the base. Flower- 

 stalk cylindrical. 



T. pratensis. Linn. S/,. PL I lOlh UUUl. v. 3. I 192. 77. Br. 812. 

 Engl. Bnl. V. 7. /. 13 J. Hook. Scot. 22(1. Fl. Dan. t. yOO. Bull. 

 Fr. f. 2(10. 



T. n. 8. Jinll. IFisf.v. 1. :>. 



T. luteum. Rnii Si/n. 171. Gcr Km. 7.>.">../. 



Tra^o|)ot,^()n. Fnr'h<. Hist. .s2 1 . /". .Matth. I algr. v. 1 . 190. /: 



T. flori' lutiM). Bnnh. Hist. v. 2.' 10:)8.7: 1. 10,-,l). 



liarbula liirii. Trn-. H,st. IM). /'. < \nnrr. F.jut. ?, 1 2. /'. 



Hirei barha. ( »nl. Hist. \:,G. / 



Narrow and Common (ioat's-bearil. P»'tk\ //. I'nH. I. l."i./. (), 7- 



In gras.^y pastures and meadows. 



Biennial. June. 



Ruot\ii]KTin^. \\hole/ir//yVi TV smooth, aboundinu, wit hmilkyjiiiio, 

 ratlier bitter, but not acrid. .S7fmA several, branciiinn, erect, round, 

 leafy, 1 1 or 2 feet hif;h, often purplish. Lrares alternate, long 

 anff taper-pointed, often flaccid, or curling, at the extremity; 

 inflated at the base ; several of them radical. //. large, 2 inches 

 wide, bri-'ht velhnV. solitarv. on terminal stalks, opening early 



