PL ex. cal. 39. GOMPOSITiE, A. 190. Picris. 431 



Edges of woods on chalk; biennial; July and August. 



Root-leaves lanceolate ; stem-leaves embracing the stem, 

 bent back ; conjmhus leafy ; peduncle scaly, slightly thick- 

 ened. 



XVI. 191. HELMINTFIIA. Geertner. Langue-de-boeuf, 

 BraciecB 5, broad, as long as the pericline ; pericline cy- 

 lindrical, scales 8, equal in one series ; calaihides many- 

 flowered ; clinant/ms flat, tubercular or annulate, naked ; 

 akenium reverse-ovate, transversely wrinkled; pappus sti- 

 pitate, feathery; rays equal. 



Helminthia echioides. Bugloss langue-de-loeuf. 



Bractece broad, ovate, heartshape, rather spinous; leaves 

 repand. 



Hieracium echioides capitulis cardui benedicti, Eaii Syn. 1.66, 13. 



Buglossum luteutn, Ger. em. T98, 2. 



Buglossiim luteum, sen lingua bovis, Park. 800. 



Picris ecliioides, Lin. S. P. 1114. 



Helminthia echioides, Gisrtn. Seni. ef. Fr. 2, 368. 



Edges of fields on clay ; annual ; June and July. 



Stem upright, branched; leaves light green, shining, 

 root-leaves ovate; stem-leaves embracing the stem; cala- 

 tkides slightly panicled. 



XVII. 192. TRAGOPOGON. Dioscor. Goats-heard, 

 Pericline simple, cylindrical, pyramidical ; scales 8 or 



1 0, equal, soldered by their edges ; calathide many-flowered ; 

 clinanthus naked, pitted; akenium streaked lengthways; 

 pappus stipitate, feathered ; stipes slender, rays unequal. — 

 Leaves not cut, grass-like; corollce gold-colour or blue; 

 peduncles simple. 



1. Tragopogoji pratense. Meadow goats-heard. 



Leaves bald, not cut, channelled, pointed, dilated at 

 bottom; peduncles round above; pericline as long as the 

 flowers in the circumference. 



Tragopogon luteum, iJflii Sj/n. 171,1; Ger. em. 735,2 i Park. Par. blA. 

 Trapogon pratense, Lin. S. P. 1109. 



Go to bed at noon. Joseph's Flower. Star of Jerusalem. Noon-tide. 

 Yellow goats-beard. 



Fields and pastures ; biennial ; June. 



Root milky, sweet; stem branched; calaihides large, 

 closing eai'ly in the day; corollce gold-yellow. — Young 

 shoots a good asparagus. 



