176 SYNGENESIAP. ^EQUALIS. 



Hab. Marshy places. Castle hills. Boggy ravine east of 

 West Ord, &c. July. If 



5. H. sabaudum^ stem erect, copiously leafy, many-flowered ; 

 leaves ovate-lanceolate, sharply toothed, rough-edged, somewhat 

 clasping, hairy beneath ; flowers yellow. Shrubby Hawkweed. 



Hab. Bushy deans. Longridge dean. Sea banks between 

 Marshall Meadows and Lamberton Shields. Aug. 

 Sept, If 



6. H. umbellatum, stem erect, leafy, almost solid, imperfectly 

 umbellate ; leaves scattered, linear, slightly toothed, nearly 

 smooth as well as the calyx. Narrow-leaved Hawkweed. 



Hab. Bushy rocky places. Haiden dean, on the site of an 

 old Roman station. Aug. Sept. If 



It is curious that in the greater number of the plants of this 

 species, some insect deposits its egg near the summit, by 

 which an oval or globular tumour is produced, and a more 

 complete umbellate appearance given to the yellow flowers. 



235. CREPIS. 



1. C. tectorum, stem smooth, branched ; radical leaves runci- 

 nate, the rest clasping, lanceolate and toothed ; calyx rough ; 

 flowers small, yellow ; seed-down sessile. Smooth Hawk's-beard. 

 Hab. Dry pastures, old walls and road-sides. July, Aug. 

 O 



236. HYPOCH^RIS. 



1. H. radicata, stems branched, naked, smooth ; leaves runci- 

 nate, bluntish, rough ; flower- stalks scaly ; flowers large, yeU 

 low; down of all the seeds stalked. Long-rooted Cafs- ear. 

 Hab. Pastures and waste ground. July. If 



237. LAPSANA. 



1. L. communis, stem branched, panicled, leafy; leaves ovate, 

 stalked, toothed ; flower-stalks cylindrical, even ; flowers very 

 small, yellow ; calyx of the fruit angular. Common Nipple-wort. 

 Waste and cultivated grounds. July, Aug Q 



