54 COMPOSITE. TRIBE I. 



Pastures at Greenford. Abundant on the Railway 

 Embankment. Chalk pits, Pinner. Stanmore. (Varenne.) 



ORDER XLVI. COMPOSITE. (COMPOUND FLOWERS.) 



This is the largest Natural order of Plants. It has been 

 subdivided into three tribes : 



1. THE CICHORACE^E. (CHICORY AND DANDELION TRIBE.) 



2. THE CYNAROCEPHAEwE. (ARTICHOKE, OR THISTLE TRIBE.) 



3. THE CORYMBIFER.E. (HEMP AGRIMONY AND CoLT's-FooT 



TRIBE.) 



TRIBE L. CICHORACE^E. (CHICORY TRIBE.) 



TRAGOPOGON. (Goat's Beard.) 



1. T. pratensis. L. (Yellow Goat's Beard.) 



/3. T. minor. Fries. 



Meadows and pastures. 6, 7. 



Foot-ball-field ; Railway Embankment ; side of Canal, 

 Greenford, etc. ; not unfrequent. Meadows at Wood End 

 and Pinner. A familiar name of this plant is, " Jack go 

 to bed at noon," in allusion to its petals being closed 

 at noonday. 



2. T. porrifolius.* L. (Purple Goat's Beard, or Salsafy.) 

 Moist meadows and pastures. 5, 6. 



" Several spots in the neighbourhood of Greenhill and 

 Roxeth." Not indigenous. 



HELMINTHIA. (Ox Tongue.) 

 I. H. echioides. Gaertn. (Bristly Ox Tongue.) 



Borders of fields and way sides. 



