COMPOUND FLOWERS. 



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HYPOCH.ERIS RADICATA (Long-rooted Cat's-ear). 



* Besides the above, there are two other British 

 species of Hypochaeris : H. glabra (Smooth Cat's-ear), 

 which has nearly smooth leaves, and small yellow 

 flowers scarcely larger than the invotucre ', gravelly 

 places, not common; and H. maculdta (Spotted Cat's- 

 ear), which has rough spreading leaves, which are not 

 lobed, and 1 (or rarely more) very large deep yellow 

 flower ; limestone and magnesian rocks, rare. 



