MATRICAKIAC K*;. 431 



dows and road-sides of Europe, W. Asia, and N. Africa. Fl. large, 

 bright yellow. Was introduced into H. C. G. in 1807, but had not 

 fl. up to 1814. 



BoRKHAUsiA, Monch. (DC. pr. 1 , p. 152.) 



1. alpina, DC. (o. c. p. 153 — B. scariosa, Monch. — Crepis alpina, L. ; — 

 Gurtn. fr. 2, p. 354, t. 158, /. 8. — C. alpina and vesicaria. Lam.) 

 Mountains of Tauria, Siberia, and Asia Minor. Fl. largish, yellow, 

 Feb. and March. 

 1. rubra, Monch. {DC. pr. 7, p. 157. — Crepis rubra, L. — C. incarnata, 

 Vis. — Picris rubra, Lam.) © Dalmatia. Greece. S. Italy. Fl. largish, 

 pale rose-coloured, March ; fr. H. S. 

 S.fostida, DC. (pr. 7, p. 158. — Crepis foetida, L. ; E. B. 6, t. 406; 

 Roxb. H. B. p. 60. — C. foetens, Lk. — C. barbata. Mill.; not L. 



— Picris foetida. Lam — Wibelia graveolens, fl. wett. 3, p. 144 Hos- 



tia foetida, Monch.) © Middle and S. Europe. TenerifFe. Tauria. Fl. 

 largish, pale-yellow, Feb. and March ; fr. H. S. 



Crepis, L. {DC. pr. 1 , p. 160.) 



l.pulchra, L. {DC. I. c.;—E. B. 33, ^ 2325.— Chondrilla pulchra, 

 Lam. — Lampsana pulchra, Vill. — Prenanthes paniculata, Monch. — P. 

 hieracifolia, Willd. — P. pulchra, DC. fl. fr. — P. viscosa, Baumg. — 

 Hieracium pulchrum, J. Bauh. — Phsecasium lampsanoides, Cass.) © 

 England. France. Germany. Italy. Tauria. W. Asia. Fl. small, pale- 

 yellow, Feb. and March ; fr. H. S. 



Zacintha, Tournef. {DC. pr. 7, p. 178.) 



1. verrucosa, Gartn. (fr. 2, p. 358, t. 157,/. 7 ,—DC. I c. ;—Desf. fl. 

 alt. 2, p. 233. — Z. pendula, Rciusch — Lapsana Zacintha, L. — Raga- 

 diolus Zacintha, All.) © S. Europe. N. Africa, along the Mediter- 

 ranean. Fl. yellow, March ; fr. April and May. 



MiCRORRHYNCHUS, Lcss. {DC. pr. T, p. 180.) 



1. asplenif alius, DC. {o. c. p. 181. excl. syn. Roxb. which does not exist. 



— Prenanthes asplenifolia, Willd. ; — Roxb. fl. ind. 3, p. 404. P. 



dichotoma, Wall. Cat.) fs^ FlSTl Tik-chama. cf. Coromandel. Ben- 

 gal, (Serampore.) Fl. largish, bright yellow, C. S. ; fr. H. S. 



PiCRiDiuM, Desf. (DC. pr. 7, p. 182.) 



1, tivgitanum, Desf. {DC. I. c. — Scorzonera tingitana, L. ; — B. M. 4, t. 

 142 ; — Roxb. H. B. p. 60. — S. tingitana and ciliata, Forsk. — Rei- 

 chardia tingitana. Roth. — R. runcinata, Monch. — Sonchus hispidulus, 

 Bove. — S. pinnatifidus. Lag.) © Sea-rocks of Barbary, (especially at 

 Tangier,) Egypt, Sicily, and the Balearic Islands. Fl. large, golden 

 yellow, March ; fr. H. S. 



2. vulgare, Desf. (DC /. c. — Scorzonera picroides, L. — Sonchus picroi- 

 des, Lam. ;—All.ped. t. 16,/. 1 ;— Gartn.fr. 2, p. 359, t. 158,/ 2. — 

 S. squamosus, Lam.fl.fr. — Reichardia picroides. Roth. — R. integri- 

 folia, Monch.) © Cultivated places along the Mediterranean. Fl. like 

 those of No. 1. but smaller, March ; fr. H. S. 



