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purple, in large convex heads, on long stalks ; corolla 4-cleft. In 

 cornfields and pastures everywhere. (E. B. t. 659.) Scabiosa, 

 Linn. P. vn.-ix. 



OED. XLYI. COMPOSITE. 



The student will, in investigating the plants belonging to this 

 Order, as in the case of the Umbellifers, be greatly assisted by a 

 reference to the plates in Hooker and Arnott's British Flora, 

 t. 3 A, and t. 4 and 5. 



TEIBE I. CICHOBACE-E. 



TRAGOPOGON. GOAT'S-BEARD. 



T. pratensis (yellow G.) Meadows and pastures, frequent. 

 A coarse grassy-looking plant, from 1 to 2 feet high, with long, 

 undivided, channelled leaves ; flower-stalks slightly thickened at 

 the summits, with a single head of yellow flowers. Head of 

 seeds large ; pappus very feathery, raised upon a long stalk. 

 The flower closes every day before noon. Turf in Apsley House 

 ground. Park Hill, just by the flagstaff. Meadow in front 

 of Torre Abbey. Chudleigh. Totness, etc. (E. B. 434.) B. or 

 P. vi. vii. 



HELMIWTHIA. OX-TONGUE. 



H. echioides (bristly 0.) On hedge-banks, borders of fields 

 and waste places. A coarse plant, growing to 2 or 3 feet high, 

 with a rough, hairy stem, and large, lanceolate, clasping leaves, 

 very rough on their upper sides. Flower-heads small, and 

 crowded on short stalks ; flowers yellow. Seeds with a feathery 

 pappus. Walks above Meadfoot. Cliffs by the side of the New 

 road, Torquay. Babbicombe. Road between Totness and 

 Stoke Gabriel. Cliffs at Exmouth, FL D. Picris, Linn. (E. B. 

 t. 972.) A. YII-IX. 



PICRIS. PICRIS. 



P. hieracioides (Hawbweed P.) Under hedges, by road- 

 sides and waste places, common. Plant from 2 to 3 feet high ; 

 stem rough with short minutely-hooked hairs ; leaves lanceolate 

 and coarsely toothed. The lower leaves with stalks ; the upper 



