Plex.cal. 39. COMPOSITE, A. 185. Taraxacum. 427 



Taraxacum erectum, Hoffm. Germ. 1, 210. 

 Leontodon Raii, Gouan Illustr. 55. 

 Leontodon lividum, Willd. S.P. 1545. 

 Leontodon salinum, Pall. Pal,135. 

 Hedypnois paludosa, Scop. Carn. 2, 100. 

 Leontodon palustre, Lyons Fasc. 48. 

 Leontodon Taraxacon, Withering Bot. Arr. 679. 

 Marsh dandelion. 



Fields and pastures ; perennial ; June and July. 

 BractecB pointed, much shorter than the pericline; co~ 

 rolla yellow. 



XI. 186. ACHYROPHORUS. Scopoli. Cats-eau 

 Pericline oblong; scales many, imbricated, keeled, mu- 



ricated ; calathides many-flowered ; clinanthus rather convex, 

 chafFy ; chaffs linear, pointed, nearly as long as the peri- 

 cline, falling off; ake?imm streaked; pappus stipitate, fea- 

 thered ; rays threadshape. 



1. Achyrophorus maculatiis. Spotted cats-ear. 

 Stem nearly naked ; branches solitary ; leaves ovate, ob- 

 long, rather toothed, often spotted. 



Hieracium primum latifolium Clusii, Raii Syn, 167, 17 ; Gtr, em. 301, 1. 

 Hypochajris maculata, LAn, S. P. 1140, 

 Achyrophorus maculatus. Scop. Carn. 986. 



Chalky mountainous pastures ; perennial ; July. 



Stem upright, hirsute ; root-leaves rough ; spots purple ; 

 calathides mostly solitary, large ; pericline hairy ; corolla 

 golden. 



2. Achyrophorus radicdtus. Long-rooted cats-ear. 

 Stem branched, naked, smooth ; leaves runcinate, blunt, 



rough ; peduncles scaly. 



Hieracium longius radicatum, i2ai7 Sj/n. 165,6; Ger. e?K. 298, G ; Park. 

 790. 



Hypochaeris radicata, Lin. S. P. 1 140. 

 Achyrophorus radicata, Scop. Carn. 987. 



Fields and pastures ; perennial ; June and August. 

 Root very long ; stems many, 6 inches high, simple ; ca- 

 lathides solitary, nearly sessile, on the side. 



XII. 187. HYPOCH^RIS. Theophrastus. Cats-tongue. 

 Pericline long, conical ; scales many, imbricate, smooth, 



flat, tip coloured ; calathides many- flowered ; clinanthus 

 flat, chafly ; chaff lanceolate, pointedj nearly as long as the 



