98 39. COMPOSITE. 



Var. maculatum, Sm. Le. spotted with, purple, root ones soon 

 withering, those of the stem broad. 

 Not common. Caldenvood glen ; Campsie ; Dumbarton, and Inverkip glen. 



7. H. G-OTHICUM, Fr. Naked-headed Hawk-weed. Stem rigid, 

 1 3 ft. high, not much branched, leafy, with few flower-heads. 

 Le. ovato-lanceolate, narrowed at both ends, dentate in the middle, 

 dark green, root ones shortly stalked ; upper stem leaves sessile. 

 Peduncles rigid, erect. Involucral scales dark green, broad, blunt, 

 with few brownish hairs. Fl. yellow, cylindrical in bud; ligules 

 smooth. Styles yellow, with fuscous hairs. 



Heathy or grassy subalpine places. (H) P. 7 9. " Cumbrae," Dr. BaJfour. 

 Island of Arran, and Campsie hills. 



8. H. UMBELLATUM, L. Narrow-leaved Hawk-weed. Stems 

 1 3 ft. high, rigid, leafy. Radical le. none. Stem le. linear- 

 lanceolate, tapering below, coarsely toothed, sometimes entire. 

 Fl. -heads corymbose or subumbellate, numerous. Ped. floccose. 

 Involucres glabrous, or with few white hairs. Scales imbricated, 

 outer often spreading at the tips, shorter than the inner. Styles 

 yellow. 



Not common. Stony or rocky places, in woods or on banks. (B) P. 7 9. 

 Banks of the railway near Eastfield; old quarry, Eastfield; wood near Cambus- 

 lang. 



9. TT. BOREALE, Fries. Shrubby Broad-leaved Hawk-weed. 

 Stem 2 3 ft. high, very leafy, hairy. Kadical le. none at the 

 time of flowering. Lower stem le. lanceolate, toothed, tapering 

 into a footstalk. Upper ones sessile, rounded at the base, or 

 clasping the stem. Heads of fl. loosely corymbose. Ped. very 

 hairy, intermixed with floccose down. Involucre with dark green 

 or blackish scales, glabrous, or with a few brittle hairs. Styles 

 livid blackish. Fl. golden yellow, sometimes pale. 



Common. Woods, hedges, and sides of rivers. (B) P. 7 10. Possil road; 

 banks of Clyde; Carmyle and Kenmuir; banks of the Kelvin, <fec. 



9. LiPSANA. Nipple-ivort. 



L. COMMUNIS, L. Stem branched, 1 3ft. high, mostly smooth, 

 furrowed upwards. Le. thin, lower ones nearly lyrate, or with a 

 few small leaflets along the petiole. Stem le. narrow, entire. 

 Fl. -heads in a loose corymb or panicle, small, yellow on weak 

 peduncles ; scales of the involucre few, glabrous. 



Very common. Waste and cultivated ground. (B) A. 7 9. 



10. CICBORIUM. Succory, Chicory. 



* C. I/NTYBUS, L. Root long, fusiform. Stem 2 3 ft. high, 

 alternately branched. Lower le. numerous, runcinate or pinnati- 



