90 ENGLISH BOTANY. 



Biennial ? Stem erect, simple, hoary-arachnoid. Radical leaves 

 in a rosette, oval or elliptical, spathulate ; stem-leaves few, sessile, 

 semi-amplexicaiil, lanceolate or strapshaped. Leaves all entire, 

 or the radical ones toothed, densely pubescent on both sides, and 

 arachnoid-floccose when young. Corymb simple, umbellate. An- 

 thodes 2 to 6, erect. Pericline hemispherical, bell-shaped ; phyl- 

 laries all equal, arachnoid-hairy at the base, puberulent towards 

 the apex. Ray-florets rather numerous. Achenes hispid. Pappus 

 at length a little longer than the florets. 



Var. a, genuina. 



Radical leaves entire or slightly toothed. Stem 3 inches to 

 1 foot high. 



Var. (3, maritima. 



Radical leaves generallj'^ with numerous broad teeth. Stem 

 1 foot high. Anthodes more numerous and larger than in var. a. 



In chalky pastures and by roadsides. Rare. In Dorset, Hants, 

 Sussex, Surrey, Berks, Oxford, Hertford, Essex, Cambridge, and 

 Northampton. Var. 3 on maritime rocks near Holyhead, Anglesea. 



England. Biennial or Perennial ? Early Summer. 



Radical leaves lying flat on the ground in a rosette, 1 to 2 inches 

 long ; stem-leaves few, especially on the upper part of the stem. 

 Peduncles short. Anthodes | to 1 inch across, bright-yellow. Pappus 

 nearly as long as the florets, not increasing much afterwards. Whole 

 l)lant more or less hoary with arachnoid wool, which at length nearly 

 disappears from the upper side of the leaves, leaving them covered 

 with short curled hairs. 



Of var. 3 I have seen no specimens. 



Field Fleawort. 



French, Seneqon cles Pres. German, Feld Baldgreis. 



GENUS XVII.—D ORONICUM. Linn. 



Anthodes heterogamous and radiant. Clinanth hemispherical, 

 naked or hairy. Pericline saucer-shaped, of nearly equal herba- 

 ceous phyllaries, imbricated in 2 or 3 rows. Elorets of the disk 

 tubular, perfect ; those of the circumference female, ligulate. 

 Branches of the style of the perfect flowers truncate, slightly 

 downy at the apex. Achenes of the disk with a pappus of hairs 

 arranged in several rows, those of the circumference without 

 pappus. 



