CREPIS XUDTCAULIS L. A'SD LEONTODON IITRTUS L. 101 



10. Ibidem, p. 459, Dens Leoiiis foliis minimis hirsutis ef 

 asperis with JB as a s_7nonym. Tliis name of Tournefort is there- 

 fore correctly quoted for L. hirtios in the Mantissa and also bv 

 Villars, p. 82. 



11. (jrerard, Fl. Gralloprovincialis, pp. 1G6, 167 (1761), rearranges, 

 not very clearl}', the allied forms of Leontodon found in this district, 

 apparently following the ideas of Garidel, Hist. p. 150 (1715). 

 Linnaeus in the Mantissa seems to have accepted this arrangement 

 and to have been misled by Grerard into quoting the inapplicable 

 synonyms CB ix. and CB xix. The citations of Grerard's own phrases 

 m the Mantissa may be ignored, as they throw no light on the 

 problem. 



We thus find Linnaeus quoting : 



(1) JB., from which he adopts the name hirtus and which is 



Zi. Villarsii, under L. hispidus var. y. in Sp. PI. 1, p. 799 

 and under L. hirtus in Sp. PL 2, p. 1123 and Mant. 

 p. 458. 



(2) CB i., which is L. crispus, vmder L. hispidus var. /5. in Sp. 



PI. 1, p. 799, under Grepis nudicaulis ibid. p. 805, and 

 under L. hirtus in Sp. PI. 2, p. 1124. 



(3) CB xix., which is probably L. hispidus, though not impossibly 



Thrincia hirta, under L. hirtus in Mant. p. 458 only. 



(4) CBx. and CB xi., which are L. crispus, under L. hispidus 



p. andy. in Sp. PI. 1, p. 799, under Orepis nudicaulis, ibid, 

 p. 805, and under L. hirtus in Sp. PI. 2, p. 1123. 



(5) CB ix., which is some form of L. hispjidus, under L. hirtus 



in Mant. p. 45^ only. 



(6) Tournefort's Dens leonis foliis minimis hirsutis asperis, 



which is L. saxatilis-=L. crispus, under L. hirtus in 

 Mant. p. 458 only. 



(7) Certain names of Grerard in Mant. p. 458 onh", which may 



be ignored. 



Now^, although these synonyms are conflicting, it is clear that 

 only one, introduced in the Mantissa among othe]- afterthoughts, 

 could possibly refer to Thrincia hirta ; that the introduction of 

 CB ix., "Dandelion Hawkweed " is obviously an error; that those 

 which belong to L. crispus are only three repetitions of the same 

 thing ; and that the one which indisputably represents L. Villarsii 

 is the parent of the name hirtus. We may therefore regard this last 

 as predominant and conclusive. 



To pass from the old synonyms to Linna^us's own descriptions. 

 He recurs four times to Leontodon hirtus. 



(A) In Syst. Nat. ed. x. p. 1194 (1759) as " L. calyee toto erecto 

 lieviusculo, foliis dcntatis hirtis ; setis simplicissimis (1)" ; identified 

 with vars. fl. and y. of L. hispidus of Sp. PI. ed. 1, but not with 

 Crepis nudicaulis, which is hesitatingly referred to the preceding 

 species L. hispidus as " f orsan hujus varietas."' No Jiabitat is 

 assigned. The above - diagnosis is repeated on every sub.se<|uent 

 reference to L. hirtus. 



(B) In Sp. PI. ed. 2, p. 1123 (17G3), with the same diagnosis 



