292 SYNGENESIA — ^QUALIS. [Leontodoii. 



amplexicaul much acuminated, involucre glanduloso-pilose, fruit 

 striated scarcely narrower upwards, about as long as the pappus. 

 Ilkrac'mm, L, — E. Bot. t. 1094. — Geracium, Reich. — Aracium, 

 Monn. 



, Frequent in moist woods and rocky places. Fl. Aug. If. 



9. SoNCHUS. Lin?i. Sow-thistle. 



1. S. alpinns, L. (blue alpine Sow-thistle) ; flower-stalks brac- 

 teas and involucre glanduloso-hispid racemose, stems glabrous 

 below, leaves glabrous lyrate arrow-shaped at the base, terminal 

 lobe very large deltoideo-hastate — S. ccBruleus, E. Bot. t. 2425. 



Rocky places, near rivulets. Loch-na-gar and Clova mountains, and 

 in their vicinity, G. Don. " Found in five new stations in Glen Dole 

 and Glen Isla by Br Wight, Br Greene, and Br Greville." FL July, 

 Aug. "U- — I cannot but agree with Wahlenbergin considering this to be 

 the same as the true alpinus of Linn. I have gathered the plant at the 

 head of the White-water in the Clova mountains, and on a comparison 

 of those specimens with others of aS. alpinns from Switzerland, for whicli 

 I am indebted to Sir J. E. Smith himself, I find them identical. 



2. S. palustris, L. (tall Marsh Sato-thistle) ; flower-stalks 

 corymbose and involucre glanduloso-hispid, leaves denticulate 

 runcinato-pinnatifid with few segments arrow-shaped at the 

 base, upper ones simply sagittate. E. Bot. t. 933. 



Marshy places, rare. Isle of El}'. Greenwich and Blackwall. Croy- 

 don. Wouldham, Kent. Fl. July, Aug. 1/. — 6 — 8 feet high. Floivers 

 large, yellow. 



3. S. arvensis, L. (corn Sow-thistle) ; flower-stalks corymbose 

 and involucre glanduloso-hispid, leaves denticulate cordate at 

 the base oblongo-lanceolate, lower ones sinuato-runcinate. E. 

 Bot. t. 674. 



Corn-fields, frequent. Fl. Aug. If. — Stems 3 — 4 feet high. Floivers 

 very large, yellow. 



4. S. olerdceiis, L. (cotJimon Soiv-thistle) ; flower-stalks subum- 

 bellate, involucre glabrous, leaves more or less pinnatifid, lower 

 ones stalked, upper ones lanceolate sagittato-aniplexicaul at the 

 base, all dentato-ciliate, fruit cancellate. E. Bot. t. 843. — /3. 

 asper ; leaves with rounded auricles, lower ones sessile, fruit 

 ribbed scarcely cancellate. S. oleraceus, y, and h. L. et Sm. — 

 S. asper, Hoffm. — Borr. in E. Bot. Suppl. t. '■210)5 and 2766. 



a., and /3. Waste places and cultivated ground, counnon. Fl. June — 

 Aug. 0. — 2 — 3 ft. high. Flowers small, yellow. Involucre conical 

 when in seed. 



10. Leontodon. Lirin. Dandelion. 



I. L. Taraxacum, \u. (commoti Dandelion); outer scales of the 

 involucre reflexed, leaves runcinate glabrous toothed. E. Bot. t. 

 510. — Taraxacum Dens Leonis, Hall. DC. — /3. scales of the 

 involucre erect appressed. L. palustre, Sm. E. Bot. t. 553. 



Meadows and pastures, common. — /3. Wet open pastures and moors. 



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