228 SYNGEN. POLYGAM. ^ftUAL. 



tip," Sm. Ljffhff. p. 433 {Leontodon hispidum). E.B.t.554 



' {Hedyp7iois hispida). 



Hab. Meadows anJ pastures, frequent, Lightf. H.June, ll. 



Leaves radical, oblong, lanceolate, more or less deeply toothed, some- 

 times almost pinnatifid, clothed with forked hairs. Flouers solitary, 

 upon a hairy scape, large, yellow, drooping before expansion. In- 

 volncre hairy. — Sir J. E. Smith says that the hairs at the orifice of 

 each floret distinguish this plant from A. luria, its well as from every 

 other species of the genus. 



2. A. hilt a {deficient ylpargia), scape single-flowered, leaves den- 

 tate scabrous, involucre nearly glabrous, outer pericarps with 

 a scaly ])appus. E. B. t. 555. 



Hab. Gravelly pastures and moors about Glasg., occasionally ; moors 

 about Airdrie, Ilopkirk. North Qucensfen-y, Maughan. Fl. July, 

 Aug. %. 



This species w.as by Lightf. and many of the older botanists confound- 

 ed with the last, but is in reality very distinct from it : — the flow- 

 ers are much smaller, reddish beneath, and there is a great peculi- 

 arity in the outer seedvessels, they not having a pappus composed 

 of hair-like procer-;ses, but of small membranous scales. 



3. A. Taraxaci {nlpine y}pargia), scape single-flowered thick- 

 ened upwards, leaves glabrous runcinato-deutate, involucre 

 very hairy. LightJ. p. 43~) {Hieracium Taraxaci). E. B. 

 t. 1109 (Hedj/p/wis Torajc.). 



Hab. Wet ground on the sides of the Highland mountains ; as on 

 Ben-na-Coil!ich in Strath-Swardle. F/. July, Aug. 1/. 



Remarkable for its scape, which is thickened upwards, and having there, 

 like the involucre, blackish hairs. Flowers rather large, yellow. 



4. A. aulumnalis {aiiinmal ylpargia), scape branched scaly up- 

 wards, leaves lanceolate toothed or pinnatifid subglabrous, pe- 

 duncles swelling beneath the involucre. Lightf. p. 433 {Leon- 

 todon autumnale). E. B. t. 830 {Hedypnois aniuvm.). 



Hab. Meadows and pastures, frequent. Fl. Aug. 1/ . 

 Invvlucre cylindrical, and tapering down gradually into the scape. 

 Floivers rather large, yellow. 



8. HIERACIUM. 

 * Scape naked (or rarely with one leaf), single flowered. 



1. H. alpinnm {nlpine Haivkweed) , scape 1-flowered leaflets 

 hairy, as well as the oblongo-lanceolate entire leaves, involucre 

 thickly clothed all over with long silky hairs. Lightf. p. 434. 

 t. ]S. E.B.t.UXQ. 



Hab. Dry soil near the summits of the Highland mountains, as in 

 Bpeadalbane and Glenco, Dr. Stuart. In Ross-shire and in Skye, 

 Lightf. On Ben Arthur, opposite Arroquhar, Mr. Borrer and 

 Hook. P7. JJy, Aug. %. 



Four to six inches high. Xeaues with numerous whitish hairs, especi- 

 ally at the base, which is lengtliened ihtd a pet.ole. Hairs on 

 the upper part of the stem black at the base, and often mixed 



