312 SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA ^QTJALIS. [cL. XIX* 



cled, many-flowered, with, numerous broadly lance-shaped, 

 acutely-toothed, rough-edged, somewhat embracing leaves, hairy 



beneath. Stems two or three feet high, erect, furrowed : flowers 



numerous, golden- yellow. Perennial : flowers in August and Sep- 

 tember : grows in woods and thickets : frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. v. 

 pi. 349. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 367. 1134. 



14. H. prenanthoides. Rough-bordered Hawkweed. Stem erect, 

 solid, leafy, many-flowered, corymbose ; leaves somewhat toothed, 

 embracing the stem, rough near the edge, glaucous beneath, the 



upper ones heart-shaped. Stem from two to three feet high : 



flowers bright-yellow, in a corymbose panicle: their stalks and 

 calyx rough with glandular hairs. Perennial : flowers in August : 

 grows in woods and thickets in Scotland : rare. Eng. Bot. vol. 

 xxxii. pi. 2235. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 388. 1135. 



15. H. denticuldtwn. Small-toothed Hawkweed. Stem erect, solid, 

 leafy, many-flowered, cymose; leaves sessile, lance-shaped, in- 

 clining to elliptical, minutely toothed, smoothish, glaucous be- 

 neath. Stem about three feet high : flowers bright-yellow, in a 



cymose panicle : stalks and calyx downy and glandular. Peren- 

 nial : flowers in August and September : grows in woods in Scot- 

 land : frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. xxx. pi. 2122. Eng. FL vol. iii. p. 

 368. 1136. 



16. H. umbelldtum. Narrow-leaved Hawkweed. Stem erect, nearly 

 solid, leafy, imperfectly umbellate ; leaves numerous, scattered, 

 between linear and lance-shaped, slightly toothed, nearly smooth ; 



flower-stalks downy ; calyx smooth. Stem two or three feet 



high, slightly hairy : flowers bright-yellow. Perennial : flowers 

 in August and September : grows in woods and rocky places : not 

 common. Eng. Bot. vol. xxv. pi. 1171. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 233. 



1137. 

 9. CRETIS. HAWK'S-BEARD. 



Common calyx double ; the outer very short, loose, s welled y 

 deciduous ; the inner egg-shaped, simple, furrowed, permanent, 

 of several linear, parallel scales. Compound corolla of nume- 

 rous, imbricated, uniform, perfect, strap-shaped, abrupt, five- 

 toothed florets. Filaments hair-like, very short ; anthers united 

 into a cylindrical tube. Germen nearly egg-shaped. Style 

 thread-shaped, as long as the stamens ; stigmas two, reflected. 

 Seeds oblong; seed-down hair-like, stalked or sessile. Kecep- 

 tacle slightly scaly. Name from crepis, a slipper. 374. 



1. C.fce'tida. Stinking Hawks-beard. Leaves hairy, pinnatifid ; 



their stalks toothed ; stem hairy ; calyx downy. Stems a foot 



high, spreading, the central one erect : flowers several, solitary, 

 pale-yellow. The leaves smell like bitter almonds. Biennial : 

 flowers in June and July : grows in dry ground in England : rare. 

 Eng. Bot. vol. vi. pi. 406. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 370. 1 138. 



2. C. pulchra. Small-flowered Hawk's-beard. Leaves downy, 

 toothed ; those from the root inversely egg-shaped, the rest some- 

 what arrow-shaped, clasping ; panicle corymbose, spreading ; ca- 

 lyx smooth. Stem from one to two feet high, erect, furrowed : 



flowers erect, smooth, yellow. Annual : flowers from June to Sep- 

 tember : grows among debris of rocks : found by Mr. G. Don, on 

 the hill of Turin, near Forfar. Eng. Bot. vol. xxxiii. pi. 2325. Eng. 

 Fl. vol. iii. p. 371. 1139. 



