1<>2 COMPOSITJE. [Hieraeium. 



stalked. Fruit transversely striated. — Name; eX/u^?, e\/mi>0os, 

 a worm, and 0>]K)], a case ; from the Form of the fruit. 



Syngenesia. JEqualis. 



I. H. echioides, Gaertn. Bristly Ox-tongue. Dr. Fl. I. p. 



338 Picris echioides, Linn.—E. Fl. v. iii. p. 339. E. Bot. t. 



972. 



Borders of fields and ditch banks, not unfrequent near Dublin, and 

 occasionally along the coast as far north as Drogheda ; plentiful by 

 the Mill-stream between Donnybrook and Miltown, and about Roe- 

 buck, as well as on the northern side of Dublin. Fl. June, July. $ . — 

 2—3 feet high, stout, hispid with numerous rigid hairs, springing from 

 the tubercles. Lower leaves lanceolate ; upper ones cordate, amplexi- 

 caul. Flowers small, yellow. Outer involucre with large heart- 

 shaped scales. 



34. Picris. Linn. Picris. 



Involucre double ; inner of many compact, upright, equal 

 scales, outer of several lax, small, linear ones. Receptacle 

 naked. Pappus sessile, slightly feathery. Fruit transversely 

 striated. — Name ; ttik^os, bitter, as are many of this tribe. 



Syngenesia. JEqualis. 



1. P. hieracioides, Linn. Haivk-iveed Picris. Stem rough 

 with hooked bristles; leaves lanceolate, rough, toothed; 

 flowers corymbose ; peduncles with many bracteas. Br. FL I. 

 p. 3l J 8. E. Fl. v. iii. p. 339. E. Bot. t. 196. 



Sandy field at Portmamock, the only place in Ireland in which it has 

 been found. Fl. July, Aug. If. . — Plant dark green, hairy. Stem 2 — 3 

 feet high. Flowers an inch broad, solitary, yellow. 



35. Hieracium. Linn. Ilawkweed. 



Involucre imbricated, ovate. Receptacle nearly naked, dotted. 

 Pappus simple, sessile. — Name ; lepag, a hawk; because birds 

 of prey were supposed to employ this plant to strengthen 

 their powers of vision. Syngenesia. jFqualis. 



* Scape leafless, or rarely with one leaf, single fowcred. 



1. H. Pilosella, Linn. Common Mouse-ear Ilawkweed. 

 Scape one-flowered, leafless ; leaves entire, elliptic-lanceolate, 

 hairy, downy beneath; scions creeping. Br. Fl. I. p. 343. E. 

 Fl. v. iii. p. 356. E. Bot. t. 1093. 



Banks and dry pastures, frequent. Fl. May — July. %. — Distin- 

 guishable at all times by its creeping scions. Flowers of a pale le- 

 mon-yellow. 



* * Stem with few (one or two) leaves, many-flowered. 



2. H. Laivsoni, Vill. Glaucous hairy Hawkweed. Hairy, 



