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I). sylvestris. Wild Teasle. Fig. 621. 
Leaves often connected at the base. Scales of receptacle narrow, 
straight. Ditch-banks and wav-sides ; common. 4 ft. Bienn. July. 
Purple. (|) E.B. 1. 1032. E.B. 2.195. LI. ^ Am. 203. Bab. 16. 
Lind. 139. 
D. pilosus. Small Teasle. Fig. 622. 
Leaves with foot-stalks, ternate, with small leaflets. Shady places on 
a chalky soil. 4 ft. Bienn. Aug. and Sept. White, (§) E. B. 
1.877. E.B. 2.196. H. fy Am.263. Bab. 1G3. Lind. 139. 
Genus 2. Scabiosa. 
S. succisa. Devil's-bit. Fig. 623. 
Corolla 4-cleft, regular. Heads of flowers nearly globular. Commons ; 
very common. 1ft. Perenn. Aug.-Oct. Blue, (■§•) E. B. 1.878. 
E. B. 2. 197. H. Am. 204. Bab. 163. Lind. 139. 
S. arvensis. Field Scabious. Fig. 624. 
Corolla 4-cleft. Marginal flowers radiant. Leaves pinnatifid. Corn¬ 
fields and pastures; common. 2-3 ft. Perenn. July. Purple. (%) 
E. B. 1. 659. E. B. 2. 198. H. 8f Am. 204. Bab. 163. Lind. 140. 
S. columbaria. Small Scabious. Fig. 625. 
Corolla 5-cleft, irregular. Upper leaves pinnatifid, with linear seg¬ 
ments. Pastures. 1-1^ ft. Perenn. June-Aug. Purple, (f) 
E.B. 1. 134. E. B. 2. 199. H. Am. 204. Bab. 163. Lind. 140. 
Order XLV. COMPOSITE. 
Genus 1. Tragopogon. 
T. pratensis. Yellow Goat's-beard. Fig. 626. 
Leaves channelled, pointed, dilated at the base. Peduncle thickened 
upwards. Involucrum about equal to the florets. Meadows. 1-2 ft. 
Bienn. June and July. Yellow, (f) E.B. 1.434. E. B. 2.1061. 
H . Am. 209. Bab. 193. Lind. 161. 
T. porrifolius. Purple Goat's-beard. Salsify. Fig. 627. 
Leaves straight from the base. Involucrum longer than the florets. 
Moist meadows; not native. Roots esculent. 3—4 ft. Bienn. May 
and June. Purple, (f) E.B. 1.638. E.B. 2.1062. H.fyAm.20 ( J. 
Bab. 193. Lind. 161. 
Genus 2. Helminthia. 
H. echioides. Ox-tongue. Fig. 628. 
Involucrum double; outer one spiny at the margin. Lower leaves 
lanceolate, spiny. Hedge-banks. 2-3 ft. Ann. June and July. 
Yellow, (f) E. B. 1. 972. E. B. 2. 1063. H.fyArn. 209. Bab. 194. 
Lind. 158. 
Genus 3. Picris. 
P. hieracioides. Yellow Succory. Fig. 629. 
Stem rough with hooked bristles. Leaves rough, lanceolate, wavy. 
Foot-stalks with many bracts. Road-sides ; common. 2-3 ft. Bienn. 
July and Aug. Yellow, (f) E. B. 1.196. E.B. 2.1064. H. 
Am. 210. Bab. 193. Lind. 158. 
Genus 4. Sonchus. 
S. alpinus. Blue Sow-Thistle. Fig. 630. 
Leaves lyrate; terminal lobe triangular. Stems covered with glan¬ 
dular hairs. Scottish mountains. 3-4 ft. Perenn. July and Aug. 
Blue, (f) E.B. 1.2425. E. B. 2. 1065. H. ^ Am. 213. Bab. 196. 
Lind. 156. 
