i.c'JNn-Rcxyri-n cat's v.ar 



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feature is the loiii; root, wlilcli is wliiie, simple, ami inilUy, hence the 

 Eiiijlish ami second Latin name. Tiie radical leaves are prostrate, 

 Ivino- on the ground in .i rosellc llat, oliJonL^', and the leaf se<^- 

 ments are turned back, roii«;h, toothed, h,iir\-, the hairs orii^inatinj^ 

 from minute points. 



The llowerheads are yellow, borne on branched scapes, wliich 

 are thickened just below the Howerheads, and nearly erect. The 

 whorl of leaf-like organs is shorter tlian the llorets, wliich arc over- 

 lapping, equal, and numerous, 

 with ray florets, with five teeth. 

 with yellow anthers torming a 

 tube. The tlower-stalks bear 

 small scales near the top, and are 

 often flattened along the sides. 



The plant is about i8 in. in 

 height. The flowers can be 

 found in June u[) till -September. 

 It is perennial, increased by 

 division of the root. 



The flowerhead is yellow. 

 large, and conspicuous, and is 

 thus \isited by numerous insects. 

 The florets bear both stamens 

 and carf)els, with both ray ami 

 disk florets, the petals forming 

 a tube which is hairy at the top, 

 preventing the entrance of rain. 

 The stamens are capillary, and 

 the anthers unite to form a tube, 

 as in the majority of Composites. 

 The style is threadlike and as long as the stamens. 

 are recurved to prevent .self-pollination when insect visits are possible. 

 Amongst the visitors are Honey Hee, Bombiis. Dasvpoda, Pamtrgiis, 

 Colletes, Rhophites, Aiidrena. Ifa/icdis, Sp/urodcs, I)ip/iysis\ Diptera 

 (Syrphidae. Eristalis, Pipiza. Cono[)ida;, Sicus, Muscidcc, Dciiw(icus). 



The fruits are provided with pappus, and are dispersed by wind. 



The Long-rooted Cat's Ear is largely a clav-loving plant, growing 

 on clay soil and also on sand soil. 



The stems of the Cat's Ear are liable to be galleil by .liilax 

 hypocharidis. A beetle, Cryptociplialus scriiiiis, a Homopterous insect, 

 ^■Iplialara picta, and a fly, Teplwitis vcspaiiiia, feed on it. 



Long-rooted C.^ts Ear (I/ypochteris 

 mtiicnfa. L. ) 



The two stis>nias 



