212 COMPOSITiE. 



development of the cliafFy bracts and concurrent aborted condition of the 

 florets. 



LEONTODON, L. 



425. L. hirtus, L. Hairy Hawh-hit. 



Kative ; on stony or dry banks, on walls, and in dry waste spots. 

 Common. May to October, 

 c. I. Port Wrinkle. Downderry. Between Seaton and Hessenford. 

 St. Stephens. Between Antony and Wacker. Tideford. 

 Landrake. 

 II. Between Cawsand and Rame ; near Calstock ; Keys, Fl. iii. 77. 

 Between Torpoint and St. Johns. St. Dommick. 

 D. III.. Wall, Phoenix Street, Stonehouse ; several plants, 1878. Rubble 

 heaps by Richmond Walk, Devonport. Stonehouse Hill. St. 

 Budeaux. Plymouth and Saltash Road. 

 IV. Townsend Hill, and under the Citadel, Plymouth. Bickleigh ; 

 Keys, Fl. iii. 77. Edge of field opposite Woodland Terrace, 

 Plymouth. Between Plymstock and Plympton. Egg Buckland. 

 V. Bridgend. Brixton. Blackpool. 

 VI. ]Mothecombe, on an old sand-bank by Meadowfoot Cove. 



426. li. hispidus, L. Rough Hawh-hit. 



Kative ; in pastures, turfy waste spots, and on grassy banks. 

 Rather rare, and remarkably local. June to September, 

 c. II. By the Tamar below Harewood. Calstock Churchyard. 

 D. III. Lophill, near jMaristow ; Keys, FL iii. 77. Between Knackers- 

 knowle and Roborough. In profusion in Maristow lawn. 

 Near Buckland Abbey. Between Beer Alston and Gawton. 

 Between Horrabridge and Tavistock. Near Newbridge. 

 IV. Between Knackersknowle and Stoneybridge, Egg Buckland. 

 Derriford. A small patch on the embankment at Saltram. 

 Between Elburton and Plympton. By the tramway, &c., at 

 Common Wood. 

 V. Near Lynham Lodge, 1867 ; still there, but only for about a yard 

 on a bank between the lodge and Ford, 1877. One plant in a 

 field near Staddiscombe, perhaps introduced, 1873. 

 Unrecorded for Districts i. and vi. The cause of the very local and 

 peculiar range of this plant is not in any way apparent. 



427. If. autumnalis, L. Autumnal Hawk-hit. 



Native ; in pastures, on commons, and in waste sandy or dry 

 Jilaces. Very common. July to November. Area, general. 

 One of the most conspicuous plants in poor turfy pastures late in the 

 autumn. Sometimes with cream-coloured flowers. 



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