CL. XIX.] SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA ^QUALIS. 313 



3. C. virens. Smooth Hawk's-beard. Root-leaves runcinate; stem- 

 leaves lance-shaped, toothed, embracing; stem smooth; calyx rough; 



seed-down sessile. Stem from one to two feet high : leaves smooth : 



panicle slender, corymbose : flowers small, bright-yellow. Annual: 

 flowers from June to October : grows in dry pastures and waste ground, 

 on walls and roofs : common. Eng. Bot. vol. xvi. pi. 1111. C. tectorum. 

 Eng. FL vol. Hi. p. 372. 1140. 



4. C. biennis. Rough Hawk's-beard. Lower leaves runcinate ; stem- 

 leaves pinnatifid, clasping; all rough with bristly hairs; calyx somewhat 

 bristly. Stem three or four feet high, erect, corymbose: flowers pale- 

 yellow. Biennial : flowers in June and July : grows in dry pastures in 

 the south of England: frequent. Eng. Bot. vol.iii. pi. 149. Eng.FL. 

 vol. iii. p. 373. 1141. 



10. HYPOCHCE'RIS. CAT'S-EAR. 



Common calyx egg-shaped, imbricated, with lance-shaped, acute 

 scales, the outer gradually smaller, all permanent. Compound 

 corolla of numerous imbricated, uniform, perfect, strap-shaped, 

 abrupt, five-toothed florets. Filaments hair-like, very short; an- 

 thers united into a cylindrical tube. Germen inversely egg-shaped. 

 Style thread-shaped, longer than the anthers; stigmas recurved. 

 Seed oblong, acute, furrowed, rough; seed-down feathery, stalked. 

 Receptacle chaffy, with slender, acute scales, as long as the seeds. 

 Name from hypo, for, and c/ioiros, a hog. 375. 



1. H. maculdta. Spotted Cat's-ear. Stem nearly leafless, commonly 



simple, leaves oblong, inclining to egg-shaped, undivided, toothed. 



Stem generally leafless, sometimes with one or two lance-shaped leaves : 

 root-leaves rough, blotched with brown : flowers large, yellow. Peren- 

 nial : flowers in July : grows in drv pastures and woods : rare. Eng. 

 Bot. vol. iv. pi. 225. Eng. FL vol. iii. p. 374. 1 142. 



2. H. gldbra. Smooth Cat's-ear. Stems branched, somewhat leafy, 



smooth ; leaves toothed or sinuated, smooth. Stems a foot or more 



high : leaves oblong, hairy : flowers small, bright-yellow : down of the 

 central florets only stalked. Annual : flowers from June to September : 

 grows in gravelly pastures : not common. Eng. Bot. vol. viii. pi. 575. 

 Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 375. 1143. 



3. H. radiedta. Long-rooted Cat's-ear. Stems branched, leafless, 

 smooth ; leaves runcinate, obtuse, rough ; flower-stalks scaly ; down of 



all the seeds stalked. Root long and tapering : stems about a foot 



high, spreading with a small scale under each branch, and a number of 

 awl-shaped bracteas on the hollow, enlarged flower-stalks : flowers large, 

 bright-yellow. Perennial: flowers in July and August : grows in pas- 

 tures and waste ground : common. Eng. Bot. vol. xii. pi. 831. Eng. Fl. 

 vol. iii. p. 376. 1144. 



11. LAPSA'NA. NIPPLE-WORT. 



Common calyx double, egg-shaped ; the outer of a few small 

 egg-shaped, or linear, scattered, close scales ; the inner of about 

 eight linear, channelled, keeled, acute, nearly equal scales. Com- 

 pound corolla of about sixteen imbricated, uniform, perfect, strap- 

 shaped, abrupt, five-toothed florets. Filaments hair-like, very 

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