312 SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA JEQUALIS. [CL. XIX. 



many-flowered, with numerous broadly lance-shaped, acutely-toothed, 



rough-edged, somewhat embracing leaves, hairy beneath. Stems two 



or three feet high, erect, furrowed: flowers numerous, golden-yellow. 

 Perennial : flowers in August and September : grows in woods and 

 thickets : frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. v. pi. 349. Eng. Ft. vol. iii. p. 367. 



1134. 



14. H. prenanthoides. Rough-bordered Hawkweed. Stem erect, solid, 

 leafy, many-flowered, corymbose ; leaves somewhat toothed, embracing 

 the stem, rough near the edge, glaucous beneath, the upper ones heart- 

 shaped. Stem from two to three feet high : flowers bright-yellow, in 



a corymbose panicle : their stalks and calyx rough with glandular hairs. 

 Perennial : flowers in August : grows in woods and thickets in Scotland : 

 rare. Eng. Bot. vol. xxxii. pi. 2235. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 388. 1135. 



15. //. tlenticuliitum. Small-toothed Hawkweed. Stem erect, solid, 

 leafy, many-flowered, cymose ; leaves sessile, lance-shaped, inclining to 



elliptical, minutely toothed, smoothish, glaucous beneath. Stem about 



three feet high : flowers bright-yellow, in a cymose panicle : stalks and 

 calyx downy and glandular. Perennial : flowers in August and Sep- 

 tember : grows in woods in Scotland : frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. xxx. pi. 

 2122. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 368. 1136. 



16. H. nmbellatum. Narrow-leaved Hawkweed. Stem erect, nearly 

 solid, leafy, imperfectly umbellate ; leaves numerous, scattered, between 

 linear and lance-shaped, slightly toothed, nearly smooth ; flower-stalks 



downy ; calyx smooth. Stem two or three feet high, slightly hairy : 



flowers bright-yellow. Perennial : flowers in August and September : 

 grows in woods and rocky places : not common. Eng. Bot. vol. xxv. 

 pi. 1171. Eng.Fl. vol. iii. p. 233. 1137. 



9. CRE'PIS. HAWK'S-BEARD. 



Common calyx double ; the outer very short, loose, swelled, 

 deciduous ; the inner egg-shaped, simple, furrowed, permanent, 

 of several linear, parallel scales. Compound corolla of numerous, 

 imbricated, uniform, perfect, strap-shaped, abrupt, five-toothed 

 florets. Filaments hair-like, very short; anthers united into a 

 cylindrical tube. Germen nearly egg-shaped. Style thread-shaped, 

 as long as the stamens ; stigmas two, reflected. Seeds oblong ; 

 seed-down hair-like, stalked or sessile. Receptacle slightly scaly. 

 Name from crepis, a slipper. 374. 



1. C.fx'tida. Stinking Hawks-beard. Leaves hairy, pinnatifid ; their 

 stalks toothed ; stem hairy ; calyx downy. Stems a foot high, spread- 

 ing, the central one erect : flowers several, solitary, pale-yellow. The 

 leaves smell like bitter almonds. Biennial : flowers in June and July : 

 grows in dry ground in England : rare. Eng. Bot. vol. vi. pi. 406. Eng. 

 Fl. vol. iii. "p. 370. 1138. 



2. C. pulchra. Small-lowered Hawk's-beard. Leaves downy, toothed ; 

 those from the root inversely egg-shaped, the rest somewhat arrow-shaped, 



clasping ; panicle corymbose, spreading ; calyx smooth. Stem from 



one to two feet high, erect, furrowed : flowers erect, smooth, yellow. An- 

 nual : flowers from June to September : grows among debris of rocks : 

 found by Mr. G. Don, on the hill of Turin, near Forfar. Eng. Bot. vol. 

 xxxiii. pi. 2325. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 371. 1139. 



