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WILD FLOWERS 



58. Hawk's-beard, Crepis virens, Daisy family. A slender 

 branched plant of medium size, common in meadows, where 

 it flowers in summer : the upper leaves are arrow-shaped, arid 

 clasp the stem ; the lower are frequently cut into blunt 

 segments, or they may only have large, narrow teeth : the 

 leaves are all smooth : the flower-heads are smallish, and 

 occur in a loose brush : C. paludosa is a larger-flowered species, 

 with dandelion-like leaves, which grows in marshy ground. 



59. Mouse-ear Hawkweed, Hieracium Pilosella^ Daisy family. 

 The leaves form a rosette on the surface of the ground : they 

 are oval and pointed, very hairy on both sides, and white 

 underneath : the flower-heads are fairly large, and occur singly 



58. Hawk's-beard. 



59. Mouse-ear Hawkweed. 



on the end of stalks 3 to 4 ins. high, several of which may 

 rise from the centre of the rosette : the rosette also gives rise 

 to leafy runners : the plant is common on dry sunny banks, 

 and flowers all summer. 



60. Hawkweed, Hieracium boreale, Daisy family. A tall 

 (2 to 4 ft.), handsome plant, with large yellow flower-heads, 

 gathered into a loose apical inflorescence : the stem is leafy 

 and branched, the leaves toothed, ovate or lance-shaped, the 

 upper sessile, the lower narrowed into a stalk : flowers about 

 August, and is common in dry sunny situations : there is a 

 very large number of different species of Hawkweedj many of 

 which differ only slightly from each other. 



61. Cat's-ear, Hypochceris radicata, Daisy family. The leaves 

 form a rosette : they are oblong, with large, blunt teeth pointing 

 backwards, and covered with short rough hairs ; the stem is 

 about 1 ft. high, is branched, and has only very small leaves : 



