96 39. COMPOSITES. 



6. CR^PIS. Haivk's-Beard. 



1. C. VIRENS, L. Smooth Hawk's -Beard. Stem branched^ 

 1 2 ft. high. Le. very variable, glabrous, toothed or pinnatifid, 

 sometimes runcinate, upper ones linear or lanceolate, clasping the 

 stem, auricles spreading, arrow-shaped distantly toothed. Fl. 

 small, yellow, in subcorymbose panicles, sometimes with a few 

 le. Outer involucral scales narrow, linear. Plant light green. 

 Achenes shorter than the pappus. 



Very common. Dry pastures, roadsides, and wall tops. (B) A. 69. Toll- 

 cross, Cathcarfr, &c. 



2. C. PALUDOSA, Moench. Marsh Hawk 1 s-Beard. Stem erect, 

 branched, 1 3 ft. high. Radical le. ovate, coarsely toothed, 

 narrowed into a footstalk which bears a few small lobes. Stem 

 le. lanceolate, toothed at the base, amplexicaul with pointed 

 auricles. Fl. large, yellow, subcorymbose. Involucre with dark 

 glandidose hairs. Pappus brittle. 



Frequent. In moist woods and shady places amongst rocks. (S) P. 7 0. 

 Kenmuir bank; Cambuslang glen; banks of the Calder; Gourock ; Cunibrae 

 and Arran. 



7. LEONTODON. Dandelion. 



L. TARAXACUM, L. Common Dandelion. Eoot descending 

 deeply into the soil, thick, and dark outside. Le. all radical, 

 runcinate and toothed; scape single -flowered, tubular, Fl. large, 

 yellow, very handsome. Outer involucral scales reflexed. Pap- 

 pus stipitate, pilose. 



Common everywhere : were it not so, it would be highly prized on account of 

 its beauty. (B) P. 311. 



Var. palustre, with the involucral scales erect or adpressed. 

 On wet moors. Possil marsh ; Cathkin hills, &c. 



8. HIERACIUM. Hawk-Weed. 



A. Peduncles bearing one flower-head. 



1. H. PILOSELLA, L. Mouse-ear Hawk-weed. Le. oblong or 

 lanceolate, entire, hairy, with short stellate down underneath, 

 scape single, flowered, hairy. Fl. lemon -coloured, tinged on the 

 ray, with red outside. 



Common. Dry banks on roadsides and in pastures. (B) P. 5 8. Possil 

 Quarry; Paisley Canal bank, &c. 



2. H. ALPINUM, L. Alpine Hawk-weed. Stem 4 8 in. high, 

 hairy, bearing one flower-head. Le. oblong or lanceolate, slightly 

 toothed, green, subglabrous above, hairy below. Stem with 1 

 sessile le., seldom more. Involucral scales few, broad, and 



