rccenlli/ discovered in Scotland hy Mr. George Don. 345 



Ilieracium pulchrum. Baiih. Ilisl. v. 2. 1025. 

 }]. montanuin alteruin leptomacrocaulon. Column. Ecphr. 248. 

 t. 249. 



Lapsana cliondrilloides. Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1. 812. 



Found in 17f}6 amongst crumbling rocks on the hill of Turin, 

 to the east of Forfar. 



The plant is not at present known in our gardens, though said 

 to have been cultivated at Ciielsea in Rand's time ; see Hort. 

 Kew. Mr Don rightly determined it to be a Crepis, and the 

 Linnacan specimen decides its species. The tlowers are small and 

 inconspicuous, of a pale yellow. Each calyx-leaf acquires a 

 strong prominent smooth rib as the seed ripens. 



This plant appears in two places in the 1st edition of Spec. 

 Plant, but in the 2d the Lapsana is made a variety /2, which is still 

 incorrect, for it is precisely one and the same in every respect. 



My worthy friend Dr. Afzelius once told me an amusing 

 anecdote to account for the specific name of this Crepis. The 

 Queen of Sweden, Louisa Ulrica, celebrated as the great pa- 

 troness of Linnaeus, used frequently, in her visits to the Upsal 

 garden, to jest with him for his valuing many mean or ill-looking 

 plants, in which she could see nothing to admire. Comino- to 

 this little Crepis, which is far from ornamental, in one of her 

 walks with the Professor, the Queen exclaimed, "This I suppose 

 t/ou call a pretty plant'" Linnaeus replied, "The plant has as 

 yet not been called any thing; but Your Majesty has given it a 

 name which shall certainly be adopted." He therefore called it 

 Crepis pulckra. The old synonym of Bauhin, Hieracium pulchrum, 

 may seem to invalidate this story, but will not be found to do so 

 in reality; as, though it might afford the precise name, the idea 

 might nevertheless be suggested to Linnaeus by the Queen. 



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