3l8 COMPOSITAE 



almost entire, at others they are deeply pinnatifid, with narrow linear 

 segments. The leaves are sometimes glabrous, at others hairy. The 

 anthode varies considerably in size, and the phyllaries ai'e some- 

 times glabrous (/, glabra), at others covered with woolly hairs, when it 

 is the var. pratensis, Koch, Syn. Fl. Germ, 418 (1837). This variety 

 is by no means unfrequent in the Thames meadows, as at Wytham, 

 Kennington, Kadley, Moulsford, Eeading, Sonning, and Cookham. 



The dwarf plant with one anthode appears to be the var. simplex, 

 Duby. Eot. Gall. 308. By the railway near Hampstead Norris speci- 

 mens with very hairy leaves have been found, and with stems over two 

 feet high. 



L. autumnale is an abundant plant in all the bordering counties. 



TARAXACUM [Web. ex] Wigg. Prim. Fl. Hols. 56 (1780). 

 T. officinale [Web. ex] Wigger, I.e. (1780'. Dandelion. 



T. Taraxacum, Karsten, Deutsch. Fl. 1138 (1880-83). Leontodon Tarax- 

 acum, Linn. Sp. PI. 898 (1753). Bens Leonis, Bi'unf. and Gerard, 

 228. Taraxacum Dens-leonis, Desf. Fl. Atl. ii. 228. 



Top. Bot. 236. Syme, E. B. v. 142, t. 802. Nyman, 437. Fl. Oxf. 179. 

 Native. Pratal, &c. Meadows, waste ground, roadsides, chalk downs, 

 cultivated fields, &c. Abundant and generally distributed. P. 

 January-October. 

 First record. Leontodon palustre, Mr. Gotobed, in Botanist's Guide, 1805. 

 Given as L. officinale and L. Taraxacum, by Dr. Noehden, in Mavor's 

 Agr. Berks, 1809. 

 A very variable plant, as might be expected from its occurrence in 

 widely differing situations. It has been divided into several species, 

 but the characters by which they have been distinguished appear to 

 be by no means constant. The best-marked forms are 



Var. EKYTHROSPERMUM (Audrz. ex Bess. Enum. PI. Volh. 75 (1822), as 

 a species), Syme, E. B. v. 142, t. 803 = r. officinale, var. cornutum, DC.— 

 var. glaiicescens, Koch, Syn. Fl. Germ. 428 (1837). 



It is found in dry, sandy, or calcareous soils, and is a smaller plant, 

 with the leaves frequently glaucous and much more deeply divided, 

 and with the outer phyllaries horned, lanceolate, and spreading. The 

 achenes are dark red, hence the trivial name. 



1. Isis. Near Besilsleigh. Tubney. Faringdon. Wytham, &c. 

 2. Ock. Tubney. Cherbury. Frilford. Boar's Hill. Cumnor. 

 Sunningwell. Wittenham, &c. S. Pang. Basildon. Fril- 



sham. Bucklebury. Aldworth. Sulham. Tidmarsh. Tile- 

 hurst. 4. Kennet. Snelsmore. Wickham. Kintbury. 

 Crookham. Padworth. Thcale. Moi'timer. Sulhampstead. 

 5. Loddon. Twyford. Early. Wokingham. Sandhurst. 



