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Pericline oblong in flower ; pbyllaries unequal, strapsbaped, sud- 

 denly acuminate. Elorets ratber few, pale-yellow. Pales about as 

 long as tbe florets, narrowly-lanceolate witb reddisb setaceous 

 points. Acbenes reddisb-brown, cylindrical, tbe centre ones ter- 

 minated by a slender beak ; in var. 3 tbe exterior florets are abortive, 

 according to Professor Grenier. Pappus yellowisb-wbite. Plant 

 glabrous or sub-glabrous, pale-green. 



Smooth Cafs-ear. 



French, Porcelle Glahre. German, Kaldes Ferhelkraut. 



The common name of this jilant is from the- shape of its leaves, which might be 

 supposed to resemble a cat's ear. It was also called Swine's Succory and Gum Succory. 

 Gefarde tells us that " the root and leaves tempered with honey, and made into 

 trochisks or little flat cakes, with nitre or saltpetre added to them, cleanse away the 

 morphea, sunburnings, and all spots of the face." 



SPECIES II.— HYPO CHCERIS RADICATA. Linn. 



Plate DCC'XC. 



Bilht, Fl. Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. No. 3134. 



lieAch. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Ilelv. Vol. XIX. Tab. MCCCXCVII. 



Perennial. Leaves in a rosette, oblong-oblanceolate or lance- 

 olate, sinuate-pinnatifid or dentate, sometimes runcinate, usually 

 hispid. Stems scape-like, numerous, ratber slender, erect or 

 ascending, more or less brancbed. Peduncles elongated, tbickened 

 upwards, and furnished witb numerous small bracts beneath 

 the anthodes. Pericline globular-turbinate in bud ; pbyllaries 

 numerous, generally ciliated on the midrib, tbe inner ones con- 

 siderably shorter than the florets, the outer ones rather lax. 

 Acbenes strongly muricated, all more or less evidently produced 

 into a beak at the apex. 



In fields, pastures, and waste ground. Very common, and 

 generally distributed, extending to Orkney. 



England, Scotland, Ireland. Perennial or biennial ? 

 Summer and Autumn. 



Leaves numerous, much larger and firmer in texture than those 

 of the preceding species, and more hairy and usually more deeply 

 sinuate. Plowering-stems copiously branched in large examples, 

 usually without leaves, or witb 1 or 2 small ones. Pericline oblong- 

 campanulate in flower, with the pbyllaries narrower, more acu- 

 minate, and more numerous than in H. glabra. Pales with long 

 setaceous points. Anthodes usually much larger than in H. glabra. 

 Plorets deep yellow, numerous. Acbenes large, strongly muricated, 

 and with a long beak, in the central ones exceeding tbe length of 



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