94 39. COMPOSITE. 



oblong, entire, hairy. Stem le. dentate. Involucre in 2 or 3 

 rows, outer ones as long as the fl. , inner ones scaly, FL nearly all 

 alike, in globular heads, deep blue, rarely white. 



Common. Meadows, banks, and heaths. (B) P. 7 10. Tollcross; Paisley 

 Canal bank; banks of Clyde; Gourock to Arran. 



3. KNATJTIA. 



K. ARVENSIS, Ooult. Field- Knautia. Stem erect, 23 ft. 

 high, rough with coarse hairs. Radical le. simple, lanceolate, 

 serrate, stalked. Stem le. toothed or pinnatifid. Fl. in heads, 

 on long peduncles, outer florets very large oblique, appearing as if 

 rayed, lilac or purple. Involucre short. Cal. with 8 or more 

 awned teeth. Fruit 4-angled, with 4 depressions. 



Very rare. Cornfields, Tollcross; Uddingston, and near Blantyre; Bute and 

 Arran. (B) P. 6-8. 



39. COMPOSITE. 



TRIBE 1. CICHORACEJE. 



1. TRAGOP^GON. Goafs-Beard. 



1. T. PRATENSIS, L. Yellow Goafs-Beard. Stem erect, smooth, 

 1J 2 ft. high. Radical le. very long, channelled, base dilated, 

 tapering to the acuminated apex. Ped. thickened at the summit, 

 with a single head of yellow fl. Involucre as long as the corollas. 

 Achenes long and striate. Fl. closing before noon. 



Not common. Pastures and banks. (B) B. 67. " Banks of the Clyde at Clyde 

 Iron-works," Hopk., and opposite Cambuslang; side of Hundred-acre-hill wall, 

 on the road from Ruthergien to Cathcart. 



* 2. T. PORRIFOLIUS, L. Purple Goat's-Beard. Salsafy. 

 Scarcely differs from the preceding except in being stronger, and 

 with violet or blue fl. 



Formerly cultivated, but very rarely found except where grown in gardens and 

 escaping, such as near Renfrew, and in Cumbrae. B. 56. 



2. APARGIA. Hawk-bit. 



1. A. HISPIDA, Willd. Rough Hawk-bit. Scape 6 12 in. 

 high, thickened upwards, single flowered. Le. coarsely toothed, 

 or runcinate, hispid with forked hairs. Scales of the involucre 

 narrow and hispid. Fl. yellow, drooping in bud, florets glandular 

 on the apex. Pappus in 2 rows, outer setaceous. 



Common. Pastures and gravelly banks. (E) P. 6 9. Banks of Clyde and 

 Paisley Canal ; Forth and Clyde Canal, &c. 



2. A. AUTUMNALIS, Willd. Autumnal Hawk-bit. Flowering 

 stems branched, bearing a few scales. Le. lanceolate toothed or 

 pinnatifid, with narrow lobes, smooth or with a few stiff hairs. 

 Ped. swollen beneath the involucre. Fl. yellow. Pappus in one 

 row plumose. 



Common. In the same localities as the last. (B) P. 8. 



