234 SYNGEN. POLY GAM. /EQUAL . 



10. HYPOCH-^RIS. 



1. H. maculata {spotted Cat's-ear), stem almost leafless solita- 

 ry, leaves ovato-oblong undivided toothed (spotted above). 

 E.B.t. 225. 



Hab. Dry woods E. of Forfar, G. Don. Fl. July. % . 



Leaves almost all radical, scabrovis. Stem or scape with 2 — 3 lan- 

 ceolate scales or bracteas, and, as well as the involucre, slightly 

 hispid. Flowers solitary, large, deep yellow. 



2. H, glabra [smooth Cai's-ear), nearly glabrous, involucre 

 oblong imbricated, stem branched somewhat leafy, radical 

 leaves dentato-sinuate. Lightf. p. 442. E. B. t. 57-}. 



Hab. Mountainous pastures and gravelly soils, but not common, 



Lightf. F/. July, Aug. ©. 

 A foot or more in height. Leaves oblong, slightly hairy. Flowers 



small, yellow. Pappus of the central florets stipitate, that of the 



circumference sessile. 



3. H, radicata {long-rooted Cat's~ear), stem branched leafless 

 glabrous, peduncles with small scales, leaves runcinate obtuse 

 scabrous. Lightf. p. 443. E. B. t.Sol. 



Hab. Meadows and pastures, common. JF7. July. 11. 



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



a little thickened upwards, Floiuers rather large, yellow. Pappus 



stipitate, 



11. LAPSANA. 



1. L. communis {Nipple-wort), involucre of the fruit angular, 

 stem panicled, peduncles slender, leaves ovate petiolate angu- 

 lato-dentate. Lightf. p. 444. E.B.t. 844. 



Hab. \\'aste and cultivated ground, common. F/. July, Aug. ©. 

 Stem 2 — 4 feet high. Leaves soft and thin, slightly hairy, the radi- 

 cal ones more or less lyrate. Flowers small, yellow. 



2. L. minima {least Nipple-wort), scape branched very thick 

 . and fistulose upwards, leaves obovato-oblong toothed. De- 



cand. Fl. Gall. p. 256. Lightf p. 442, and E. B. t. 95 



{Hyoseris minima). Lapsava pusilla, JVilld., and Sm. Com- 



pend. Fl. Brit. ed. 3. p. 1 19. 

 Hab. Corn-fields in a gravelly or sandy soil, but rare, Sibbald. Fl. 



June, July. G • 

 Scapes 6 — 8 inches high, more or less branched, remarkable for their 



clavate and fistulose extremities. Flowers small^ yellow. 



12. CICHORIUM, 



1. C. Intylus {wild Succory), flowers sessile axillary in pairs, 

 leaves runcinate. E. B. t. 539. 



Hab. Borders of fields and waste places, but rare. In a field near 

 Foxhall, Fidinb., Maugh. Borders of corn-fields in several parts 

 of the Mearns, Piof. Beattie. Field near Belvidere and one near 

 Toll-cross, Glasg., Hopk. Fields in Kinross-shire, Mr. Greville. 

 Scattered about the country, Mr. Arnott. Fl. July, Aug. IJ. . 



