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of meadow flowers to describe ; and we assume that the reader 

 has akeady made himself acquainted with the nature of the flowers 

 of this order as given on p. 175. If such is not the case, we advise 



THE DEVIL'S-BIT SCABIOUS. 



him to refresh his memory with regard to them, in order that the 

 terms used in the following descriptions may be thoroughly under- 

 stood. 



Our first species is the Rough Hawkbit {Leontodon hispidus), 

 which is very abundant in all parts of Britain except the extreme 

 north, its rather large, yellow Hower-heads being often mistaken 



