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SPECIES II.— L EONTODON HISPIDUS. Linn. 



Plate DCCXCIII. 



Billot, Fl. Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. No. 267. 



Eeich. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Yol. XIX. Tabs. MCCCLXVIII. MCCCLXIX. 



L. hastilis, var. a, vulgaris, Koch, Syn. Fl. Germ, et Helv. ed. ii. p. 482. 



L. proteiformis, Vill, /3 vulgaris, Gr. k Godr. Fl. de Fr. Vol. II. p. 299. 



Apargia hispida, Willd. Bah. Man. Brit. Bot. ed. v. p. 194. Hook. & Am. Brit. Fl. 



ed. viii. p. 210. 

 Hedypnois hispidum, Sm. Eng. Bot. No. 554. 



Ejootstock branched, premorse. Leaves strapshaped-oblanceo- 

 late or linear-oblanceolate or oblong-oblanceolate, sinuate- dentate 

 or runcinate-pinnatifid, hispid with forked hairs. Scapes 1-flow- 

 ered, slightly thickened at the summit, densely hairy (at least 

 towards the apex), without leaves or bracts, or with only 1 or 2 

 of the latter beneath the anthodes, Anthodes drooping before 

 expansion. Phyllaries hispid on the back. Achenes all cylindric- 

 fusiform, not beaked, longitudinally ribbed, with the ribs squamous- 

 muricated. Pappus brownish - white, with the outer hairs not 

 plumose. 



In pastures and heaths, especially on calcareous and sandy soils. 

 Kather common in England and the South of Scotland, but not 

 occurring North of Porfar and the neighbourhood of Glasgow. 



England, Scotland, Ireland. Perennial. Summer 

 and Autumn. 



Hootstock thick, fleshy, shortly creeping, with many heads or 

 short branches, each producing a tuft of leaves varying from 2 inches 

 to 1 foot long, varying much in the depth of their toothing or inci- 

 sion. Scapes 1 or few from each separate tuft of leaves, and much 

 exceeding them, 6 inches to 2 feet high. Pericline ovoid in bud ; 

 the inner phyllaries equal, the outer imbricated in several rows. 

 Anthodes as large as those of the dandelion, bright-yellow. Achenes 

 J inch long, thickest about one-third above the base, pale-brown, 

 with elevated scale-like transverse ridges. Plant pale-green, often 

 hoary from the abundance of white hairs. 



This plant is a sub-species of the L. proteiformis of Villars, the 

 typical form of which is the L. hastilis of Linnaeus, which is nearly 

 or perfectly glabrous ; but though common on the Continent, this 

 form has not been observed in Britain. 



Rough Hawk-bit. 



French, Liondent hispide. German, Sjnessformiger Lowenzahn. 



