Thrincia.] COMPOSITE. 165 



numerous, almost linear. Flowers bright yellow, in corymbs or im- 

 perfect umbels. 



36. HYPOCHJERIS. Linn. Cat's- ear. 



Involucre oblong, imbricated. Receptacle chaffy. Pappus 

 feathery, stipitate or sessile. Name ; VTTO, for, and x l P s > 

 a hog, the roots being eaten by that animal. 



Syngenesia. Squalls. 



1. H. radicata, Linn. Long-rooted Cafs-ear. Stem 

 branched, leafless, glabrous ; peduncles with small scales ; leaves 

 runcinate, obtuse, scabrous. J3r. Fl. 1. p. 348. E. FL v. iii. 

 p. 376. E. Bot. t. 831. 



Meadows, pastures and way sides, frequent. Fl. July. 1. Leaves 

 all radical, spreading-. Stem a foot or more high. Peduncles a little 

 thickened upwards (remarkably so at the upper extremity). Flowers 

 rather large, yellow. Pappus stalked in fruit . 



37. TRAGOPOGON. Linn. Goat's-beard. 



Involucre simple, of many scales. Receptacle naked. Pappus 

 feathery, stalked. Fruit longitudinally striated. Name ; 

 Tpa>yos, a goat, and 7na<ywv, a beard ; from the beautifully 

 bearded fruit. Syngenesia. JEqualis. 



1. T. pratensis, Linn. Yellow Goafs-beard. Involucre 

 about as long as the corollas ; leaves undivided, glabrous, acu- 

 minated, channelled; peduncles cylindrical. Br. Fl. 1. p. 337. 

 E. Fl. v. iii. p. 337. E. Bot. t. 437. 



Meadows and pastures in various places near Dublin. Near Cork ; 

 Mr. /> Drummond. Oldcastle, County of Meath ; Itev. Mr. Halpin. 

 Fl. June. $ . One to two feet high. Flowers yellow ; head of fruit 

 large. Pappus feathery, elevated on a long stalk. 



38. THRINCIA. Roth. Thrincia. 



Involucre nearly simple, multipartite, with a few small scales 

 at the base. Receptacle naked, pitted. Pappus of the 

 florets of the circumference scaly, those of the centre feathery, 

 sessile. Name ; Spivicos, a feather, in allusion to the feathery 

 pappus. Syngenesia. JEqualis. 



1. T. hirta, Roth. Hairy Thrincia. Stalks naked, single- 

 flowered ; leaves toothed, rough ; calyx nearly smooth ; outer 

 row of seeds crowned with scales only. Br. Fl. \. p. 341. 

 Apargia hirta, Hoffm. E. Fl. v. iii. p. 352. Hedypnois hirta, 

 E. Bot. t. 555. Lcontodon hirtum, Linn. 



Gravelly and sandy pastures, frequent. Ft. July, Aug. 1 . Root 

 abrupt, not tapering. Flowers small ; florets destitute of hairs on the 

 tube, as well as of glands under their tips, the inner ones with a less 

 perfect corolla than the outer row. 



