226 45. COMPOSITE. 



nearly or quite entire, occasionally runcinate. Stalks often 

 purplish, quite simple, longer than the leaves, somewhat hairy 

 in their lower half. Phyll. downy on the margins at the apex 

 or hairy. Gravelly places and fields : also in the Fens. P. VI. 

 IX. E. S. I. 



38. LEON'TODOK Linn. Hawkbit. 

 * Pappus feathery and with an outer row of bristles. 



1. L. his'pidus (L.) ; 1. radical oblong-lanceolate runcinate 

 hispid with forked hairs, stalks simple naked or with 1 or 2 

 minute scales thickened upwards hispid. E. B. 554. L. with 

 regular spreading or refiexed narrow teeth. Stalks green, 

 erect, longer than the leaves. Head drooping in bud, afterwards 

 erect. Inv. nearly always hairy. Fl. glandular at the end. Fr. 

 muricate. */3. L. hastilis (L.). [Almost glabrous throughout,] 

 Meadows and pastures. /3. Diptford, Devon. /. of B. xix. p. 312. 

 P. VI. IX. E, S. I. 



** Pappus in one row, feathery. OPOBINIA Don, DC. 



2. L. autumndlis (L.) ; 1. radical linear-lanceolate toothed or 

 pinnatifid nearly glabrous, stalk branched scaly and thickened 

 upwards. E. B. 830. L. all radical tapering at the base, often 

 with long linear spreading segments, usually somewhat hairy 

 particularly on the midrib beneath. Inv. nearly always hairy. 

 Pappus brownish. /3. O. pratensis (Less.) ; 1. glabrous, stalk 

 mostly simple, inv. shaggy with greenish black hairs. Apargia 

 Taraxaci Sin. JE.B.IIQ9. y, sordidus ; 1. hairy, st. branched, inv. 

 as in /3 ? plant very large. Meadows and pastures. . Mountains, 

 y. Highland glens. P. VIII. E. S. I. 



39. TKAGOPO'GON Linn. Goafs-beard. 



1 . T. minus (Mill.) ; inv. about twice as long as the Jloivers, 

 ped. slightly thickened at the very^ top, 1. tapering from a dilated 

 base to a long slender acute point. Sy. E. B. 799. T. minor 

 (Fr.) ed. viii. St. 2 feet high, branched, erect. L. clasping the 

 stem. Phyll. 8, in 2 rows. FL yellow, truncate, 5-toothed. 

 Anth. dark brown. Marginal fr. angular, striate ; angles squam- 

 ously toothed; interstices tubercled. Meadows and pastures. 

 B. ? VI. VII. E. S. I. 



2. T. praten'se (L.) ; inv. equalling or shorter than the flowers, 

 ped. slightly thickened at the very top, 1. tapering from a di- 

 lated base to a long linear acute point keeled. St. 1| 2 feet 

 high, branched, erect. L. clasping the stem. Phyll. 8, in 2 



