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B. Involucre longer than the corollas.— T. major, Jacq.—T. mi- 
nor, Fries.—Hooker’s British Flora, 5th edit. 1842. 
10. 7. minor, Fries. Involucre about twice as long as the 
florets. Meadows and pastures.—T. pratensis, L. Involucre 
equalling or shorter than the florets. Less frequent than the pre- 
ceding.—Babingion’s Manual of Botany, 1847. 
11. 7. pratensis. Involucre about as long or twice as long as 
the corollas. a. Involucre about as long as the corollas. @. In- 
volucre twice as long as the corollas.—T. minor, Fries.—T. ma- 
jor, Hook. Brit. Flor. 2nd edit. (not perhaps of Jacq.) —Hooker’s 
Brit. Flora, 6th edit. 1850. 
The above will, I think, satisfy you that the matter is not 
completely settled, and that a little inquiry is not altogether un- 
necessary. I have a specimen from a celebrated Botanist, labelled 
“ Trag. major, near Newcastle,” which was given to me at least 
twenty-five years since. 
London, August 21, 1855. 
Note on TRAGOPOGON. 
Our acute correspondent quotes ‘ Hull’s Flora Anglica’ for 
- Hudson’s work. THull’s Flora is of a more recent date than 
Hudson’s. 
- Withering’s account is, “ Calyx in specimens gathered in Hun- 
tingdonshire always exactly equal with the blossom,—in Norfolk 
invariably exceeding it: are they not distinct species?’ Wood- 
ward, edit. 1796. 
Smith, in ‘ English Flora,’ vol. 11. p. 337, probably described 
a Norfolk form, which appears to correspond with ‘7. major of 
Jacq. and 7. minor of Fries. 
T. pratensis is generally described by English, French, and 
German botanists as having the bracts of the involucre about as 
long, or slightly longer than the ray florets; and 7. major as 
having the same organs about double the length of the florets. 
This last form is the common form of the plant about London, 
as our correspondent states. We should be obliged to any cor- 
respondent for a specimen of 7. pratensis, the form or variety 
having the ray florets as long as the mvolucral bracts. 
We beg to quote from an early number of the ‘ Phytologist’ the 
opinion of Mr. Babington, who appears to have clearly under- 
stood the two species or forms. ‘‘ Tragopogon pratensis. I have 
not the slightest doubt that the Zragopogon noticed by Messrs. 
Irvine and Pamplin at Cobham (Phytol. p. 36) is the 7. pra- 
tensis of Linnzeus and Smith, Eng. Bot. t. 484. It is far from 
