Thrincia.] COMPOSITE. 165 



numerous, almost linear. Flowers bright yellow, in corymbs or im- 

 perfect umbels. 



36. Hvpoch.eris. Linn. Cat's- ear. 



Involucre oblong, imbricated. Receptacle chatty. Pappus 

 leathery, stipitate or sessile. — Name ; vto, for, and x ot P 0S > 

 a hog, the roots being eaten by that animal. 



Syngenesia. JEqualis. 



1. H. radicata, Linn. hong-rooted Cats-ear. Stem 

 branched, leaiiess, glabrous ; peduncles with small scales : leaves 

 runcinate, obtuse, scabrous. Br. Fl. 1. p. 348. E. FL v. in. 

 p. 376. E. Bot. t. 831. 



Meadows, pastures and way sides, frequent. Fl. July. %■ — Leaves 

 all radical, spreading. Stem a foot or more high. Peduncles a little 

 thickened upwards (remarkably so at the upper extremity). Flowers 

 rather large, yellow. Pappus stalked in fruit. 



37. Tragopogon. Linn. Goat's-beard. 



Involucre simple, of many scales. Receptacle naked. Pappus 

 feathery, stalked. Fruit longitudinally striated. — Name ; 

 rpayos, a goat, and ttw^wv, a beard ; from the beautifully- 

 bearded fruit. Syngenesia. JEqualis. 



1. T. pratensis, Linn. Yellow Goat's-beard. Involucre 

 about as long as the corollas ; leaves undivided, glabrous, acu- 

 minated, channelled; peduncles cylindrical. Br. Fl. 1. p. 337. 

 E. Fl. v. iii. p. 337. E. Bot. t. 437. 



Meadows and pastures in various places near Dublin. Near Cork ; 

 Mr. J. Drummond. Oldcastle, County of Meath ; lieu. Mr. Hatpin. 

 Fl. June. $ . — One to two feet high. Floicers yellow ; head of fruit 

 large. Pappus feathery, elevated on a long stalk. 



38. Thrincia. Roth. Thrincia. 



Involucre nearly simple, multipartite, with a few small scales 

 at the base. Receptacle naked, pitted. Pappus of the 

 florets of the circumference scaly, those of the centre feathery, 

 sessile. — Name ; 5pivicos, a feather, in allusion to the feathery 

 pappus. Syngenesia. JEqualis. 



1. T. hirta, Roth. Hairy Thrincia. Stalks naked, single- 

 flowered; leaves toothed, rough; calyx nearly smooth; outer 

 row of seeds crowned with scales only. Br. Fl. 1. p. 341. — 

 Apargia hirta, Hoffni. — E. Fl. v. iii. p. 352. — Hedypnois hirta, 

 E. Bot. t. 555. — Leontodon hirtum, Linn. 



Gravelly and sandy pastures, frequent. Fl. July, Aug. % . — Root 

 abrupt, not tapering. Flowers small ; florets destitute of hairs on the 

 tube, as well as of glands under their tips, the inner ones with a less 

 perfect corolla than the outer row. 



