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spreading from there to waste ground in the neighbour- 

 hood. 



Crepis rubra, L. A native of Italy, long cultivated for 

 ornament in English gardens, and occasionally found as 

 an escape from cultivation. 



Crepis setosa, Hall. f. A native of the meadows of 

 Central and Southern Europe. In England frequently 

 recorded in clover and sown grass fields. In many cases 

 due, no doubt, to imported seed. 



[Crepis taraxacifolia, Thuill. Native in South-East 

 England in meadows and bushy places, especially on the 

 chalk. Elsewhere in Britain it is merely a weed, though 

 often abundant in cultivated land, on roads, railway- 

 banks, and other bare ground where the young plants 

 can be free from competition.] 



Crepis tectorum, L. Native in meadows in Central 

 and perhaps in South-East Europe. It becomes rare, 

 and only a weed of waste ground, in the north of the 

 Continent and in England. Its abundance as a cornfield 

 weed in some parts of South-East Europe suggests that it 

 may be a grain introduction with us. 



Dimorphotheca pluvialis, Moench. Native in grassy 

 places in Cape Colony, whence it was long ago imported 

 as a garden plant. It has been recorded in England in a 

 semi-wild condition near gardens. 



[Doronicum Pardalianches, L. Native in woods in 

 the mountainous districts of the north of England and 

 Scotland. It has been generally relegated to the position 



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