Pilosel’la, 
SYNGENESIA. /EQUALIS, Hieracium. 
Curt ~E. bot. 555-Fl. dan. 901. 
y much resembling L. Aispidum, but distinct. Fruit. 
; h : 
Ve 
stalks and ealyxes not so hairy, nearly smooth. Leaves stiffish, - 
erence yellow underneath, and not greenish. Linn, Stem 6 
inches high. Seeds of the circumference crowned with a shallow 
leafy ornament, instead of down ; those of the centre with a fea- 
thered down. Hari. A much smaller plant than the L. hispi- 
dum, and its calyx is smooth, but the leaves are hairy. In L 
autumnale the calyx is hairy and the leaves smooth. M,. Arzt- 
tivs. The want of down to the outer row of seeds sufficiently 
distinguishes this plant from its congeners. Floawers yellow. _ 
Jedypnois hispidum, hirtum ¢ Huds. Deficient Dandelion. 
Curr. an mons [Frequent in Devonshire a 
Cornwall. Pastures and cornfields in Astley and Tildesleys 
Lancash. Mr. Evans. ] — Aug 
HIERA‘CIUM. Recept. generally naked: calye . 
tiled, egg-shaped : sometimes double : down 
mostly sitting, hair-like ; rarely feathered. 
(1) Stalk leafiess, 1-flowered : Down simple. - 
H. Leaves very entire, egg-shaped, cottony underneath + 
suckers creeping, 
Curt. 2979-Fl. dan. 1110—Ludw.144-Wale.~Blackw. 365- 
Fuchs. 005-Trag. 278 —Lonic. i. 95. 3-F. B. it. 1039- 
Pari. 690. 2-H. ox. vii. 8. 3-Pet. 14. 1-Dod. 67—Lob. 
254. 1, and ic. i. 479. 1-Ger. em. 038. 2—Park. 690. 1- 
Hi. ox. vii. 8. row 1. f: i—Ger. 513. 2. 
Bloss. red on the outside, opening at 8 in the morning, and 
closing os 2in the afternoon, Linn. Suckers covered with 
cotton set with hairs, lying close to the ground, not 
throwing out flowering stems in the autumn, as H. dubinm and 
Hi, anricula, Florets with a broad purple stripe on the under 
side. 
pale yellow within. 
Creeping Mouse-ear. Mouse-ear Hawkaveed. Very dry me 
dows, pastures, and walls. P. May—Sept.* 
* This differs from the other lactescent plants, being less bitter, and 
: ngent. It is esteemed hurtful to sheep. Anainsect of the Co- 
chineal genus (Coccus polonicus) is often fonnd dt the roots, Act. Upsal 175° 
Goats eatit. Sheep are not fond of it. Horses and cows refuse it. 
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