COMPOSITAE 159 



1. H. sctUn-mn, MX. Stem rather stout, leafy, hirsute; leaves 

 obovate or oval; panicle oblong; peduncles thickish, divaricate, 

 glandular-hirsute. 



H. Gronovii, var. b. foliosum. MX. $ Fl. Cestr. ed. 2. p. 447. 

 SCABEOUS HIERACIUM. Rough Hawkweed. 



Stem 2 to near 3 feet high, mostly simple, racemose-paniculate at summit 

 Leaves 1 to 5 inches long, the lower ones tapering almost to a petfofe at base; 

 stem-leaves sessile. Heads of flowers rather small; involucre nearly cylindrical, 

 glandular-hirsute. Akenes not tapering at summit. 

 Hob. Woodlands, and borders of thickets: frequent. FL Aug. Fr. Sept. 



2. II. Grondvii, L. Stem virgate, leafy and very hairy below, 

 nearly leafless above; leaves lance-oblong; panicle corymbose; 

 peduncles rather slender, glandular-pilose. 



H. Gronovii, var. a. nudicaule. MX. # Fl. Cestr. ed. 2. p. 447. 

 GRONOVIUS' HIERACIUM. 



Stem 1 to 2 or 3 feet high. Leaves 2 to 6 inches in length, the radical and low- 

 er ones somewhat spatulate or obovate-oblong, on petioles about an inch long ; up- 

 per stem-leaves sessile and partly clasping. Heads of flowers small. AJcenes taper- 

 ing at summit. 

 Hob. Open woods ; sterile meadows : frequent. Fl. Aug. Fr. Sept. 



Obs. This, and the preceding species, are nearly related, and 

 have been regarded as varieties, by respectable Botanists. They 

 seem, however, to be nearly as distinct as this larSt is from the fol- 

 lowing. 



3. H. y ciitSillll, L. Stem scape-like, mostly leafless, smooth ; 

 leaves obovate and ovate-oblong, purple-veined; peduncles smooth- 

 ish. 



VEINED HIERACIUM. Rattle-snake weed. 



Stem 1 to 2 feet high, naked or with few leaves, corymbose-paniculate at sum- 

 mit. Leaves mostly all radical, 2 to 4 or 5 inches long, tapering almost to a petiole 

 at base, sometimes nearly veinless. Heads of flowers in a loose paniculate corymb, 

 rather large ; involucre smoothish. Akenes linear-oblong. 

 Hob. Open woods; clearings, &c. : frequent. Fl. June. Fr. July. 



Obs. Some years since, this plant was announced as an antidote 

 to the poison of the Rattlesnake ; but it seems to have shared the 

 fate of all such antidotes. 



4. II. paniculsktlim, L. Stem slender, leafy, loosely and 

 paniculately branched ; leaves lanceolate, thin and smooth ; pedun- 

 cles very slender, diverging. 



PANICULATE HIERACIUM. Panicled Hawkweed. 



Stem 2 to 3 or 4 feet high, slender and diffusely branched. Leaves 1 to 3 or 4 

 inches long, acute at each end, remotely denticulate, sessile. Heads of flowers 

 email, on minutely bracteate pedicels ; involucre smooth. Akenes short, not taper- 

 ing. 

 Hob. Woodlands ; old meadows, &c. : frequent. Fl. Aug. Fr. Sept 



229. tfAB/ALlTS, Cassini. 



[Perhaps from the Gr. Nabla, a harp ; in allusion to its sometimes lyrate leaves.] 

 Heads usually few-flowered, and nodding. Involucre cylindric; 

 scales 5 to 14, in a single series, with a few braciletsat base. Akenes 



