COMPOS I T JE . [ Cichorwm 



39. APARGIA. Schreb. Hawkbit. 



Involucre imbricated, the innermost scales equal, outer ones 

 smaller. Receptacle naked, pitted. Pappus feathery, sessile. 

 Name of uncertain origin. A^ap^ta, was applied to some 

 plant of this tribe. Syngenesia. JEqualis. 



1. A. hispida, Willd. Rough Hawkbit. Scape single- 

 flowered; leaves runcinate, hispid with forked hairs; flowers 

 drooping in bud, florets hairy at their orifice, glandulose at the 

 tip; involucre hairy. Br. Fl. 1. p. 341. E. Fl.v. iii. p. 351. 

 Hedypnoi& hispida, Huds. E. Bot. t. 554. Leontodon hispi- 

 dum, Linn. 



Meadows, pastures, gTavelly and sandy places, frequent. Fl. June, 

 July. If. Hoot tapering, long and slender. Leaves lanceolato-oblong, 

 with reversed, nearly equal and regular teeth, their base tapering, and 

 more entire. Flowers smaller than Dandelion, erect when expanded, 

 bright yellow. 



2. A. Taraxaci, Willd. Dandelion Hawkbit. Scapes 

 thickened above and hairy, mostly single-flowered ; leaves run- 

 cinate, glabrous ; involucre hairy. Br. Fl. 1. p. 341. E. Fl. 

 v. iii. p. 3t>2.Hedypnois Taraxaci, E. Bot. t. 1109. 



Moist rocks on Magillycuddy's Reeks, and other mountains in 

 Kerry. Fl. Aug. li . Remarkable as Doctor Hooker observes for its 

 scape being thickened upwards, and there, as in the involucre, clothed 

 with black hairs. Flowers rather large, yellow. 



3. A. autumnalis, Willd. Autumnal Hawkbit. Scape 

 branched, scaly upwards ; leaves lanceolate, toothed or pinna- 

 tifid, nearly glabrous ; peduncles swollen beneath the somewhat 

 downy involucre. Br. FL 1. p. 343. E. FL v. iii. p. 353. 

 Hedypnois autumnalis, E. Bot. t. 830. Leontodon autumnale. 

 Linn. 



Meadows and pastures, frequent. A variety with dark hairs on the 

 involucre found in marshy places on Howth, has sometimes been mis- 

 taken for the last, which is only found in alpine situations. Fl. Aug. If . 

 Involucre cylindrical, and tapering gradually into a pedicel, which is 

 scaly. Flowers small, numerous, yellow. 



40. CICHORIDM. Linn. Wild Succory. 



Involucre of eight scales, surrounded by five smaller ones at 

 the base. Receptacle naked or slightly hairy. Pappus ses- 

 sile, scaly, shorter than the fruit. Name; chikouryeh, in 

 Arabic. The Egyptians eat a vast quantity of this vegetable. 



Syngenesia. JEqualis. 



1. C. IntybiiS) Linn. Wild Siiccory. Flowers sessile, axil- 

 lary, in pairs; leaves runcinate. Br. Fl. \. p. 348. E. FL v. 

 iii. p. 379. E. Bot. t 539. ' 



