THE DAIST FAMILY. 303 



Woods ; Cotterill Clough ; Arden Hall. About Kenyon and Little 

 Hulton, plentiful. (R. H.) Fl. July. Biennial. 



Curtis, ii. 350; E. B. vii. 457 (both as Prenanthes muralis); Baxter, i. 27. 



A very distinct and remarkably elegant plant, the stems rising from one to two 

 feet high, mth lyrate leaves in very curious diversity, as represented in Figs. 159 

 and loo, and large angularly-branched panicles of yellow heads, about half an 

 inch across, each of which contains five hgulate florets, and thus resembles a 

 simple flower of five petals. 



8. Corn Sow-thistle — (Sonchus arvensis.) 

 Ploughed fields, among corn, beans, &c., and generally indicative of 

 a cold and undrained soil. Very fine and abundant near Carrington 

 Moss, among oats. Fl. August. 



Curtis, ii. 273 ; E. B. x. 674. 

 The large golden-yellow blossoms rival those of the dandelion, and are borne 

 on stalwart stems that tower above everything else in the field. 



9. Common Sow-thistle — [Sdnchus oleraceus.) 



Waste and cultivated ground, especially in ploughed fields, common. 

 Plentiful on hedgebanks near Lymm. Fl. June — August, Annual. 

 CurtiSi i. 131 ; E. B. xii. 843 ; Baxter, ii. 147. 



10. Mabsh Sow-thistle — [Sdnchus paliistris.) 



Near Walmesley House, Bedford, occasionally. (R. H.) Fl. July, 



August. 



Curtis, ii. 351 ; E. B. xiii. 935. 



11. Smooth Hedge Crepis — [Crepis virens.) 

 Meadows, pastures, dry hedgebanks, clover-fields, and often upon 

 old roofs, common everywhere. Fl. July, August. Annual. 



Curtis, ii. 347 ; E. B. xvi. 1111 (both as Crepis tectonivi) ; Baxter, v. 3C6. 



12. Marsh Crepis — [Crepis paluddsa.) 



Moist woods and doughs, especially by splashy mossy springs and 



the sides of little streams, common. Abundant in Mere Clough. 



Fl. August. 



E. B. xvi. 1094 (as Hierdcium paludosum). 



13. Bristly Crepis — [Crepis setdsa.) 

 A plant indigenous to the south-eastern parts of Europe, and intro- 

 duced into our neighbourhood with the imported seeds of Italian 



