CLASS XIX. ORDER I. ] THRINCIA—PICRIS. 1021 
especially in Italy, they are still esteemed, and cultivated mostly 
as an ingredient to flavour soups. 
GENUS III. THRIN'CIA.—Roru. TZhrincia. 
Nat. Ord. Comprosi’tm. Juss. 
Gren. Cuar. Jnvolucrum imbricated. Receptacle naked. Fruit 
gradually tapering into a beak. Pappus of the marginal florets 
short, scaly, cupped, of those of the disk short, feathery, unequal. 
Name from Yewxos, a feather; in allusion to the feathery 
pappus. 
1. T. hir'ta, Roth. (Fig. 1195.) Hairy Thrincia. Leaves lanceo- 
late, somewhat toothed or sinuated, and bristly, with frequently 
forked hairs; scape single flowered, ascending, smooth, as well as the 
involucre ; fruit with a tapering beak; root abrupt, with long fibres. 
Hooker, British Flora, ed. 4. vol. i. p. 289.—Lindley, Synopsis, p. 
162.—Hedypnois hirtum.—English Botany, t. 555.—Apargia hirta, 
Hoffm.—English Flora, vol. iii. p. 352.—Leontodum hirtum, Linn. 
foot fleshy, abrupt, with numerous long slender fibres. Leaves 
lanceolate, dark green above, paler beneath, roughish, with rigid 
bristly hairs, which are often forked, the margin entire, or slightly 
toothed or sinuated in aruncinate manner. Slower solitary, on an 
erect slender scape, about five inches long, round, smooth, or slightly 
hairy. Jnvolucrum imbricated, with lanceolate smooth segments. 
Floreis deep yellow, strap-shaped, obtuse at the end, and finely 
toothed. Fruit oblong, curved, striated, and rough, the outer ones 
with scaly toothed pappus, those of the disk with feathery pappus, 
each of the rays dilated at the base. 
Habitat.— Gravelly pastures, heaths, and moors; frequent. 
Perennial; flowering in July and August. 
GENUS IY. PICRIS.—Liny. Picris. 
Nat. Ord. Composi'Ttm. Juss. 
Gen. Cuar. Involucrum imbricated, of numerous equal erect scales, 
and several small linear scattered ones. Receptacle naked. 
Fruit gradually tapering into a point, transversely striated. 
Pappus deciduous, united into a ring at the base, the outer of a 
few hairs, the inner feathery —Name eos, bitter ; in allusion 
to the bitterness of many of the species. 
1. P. hieracioi'des, Linn. (Fig. 1196.) Hawkweed Picris. Hispid 
leaves oblong lanceolate, toothed or sinuated, those of the stem 
sessile, sub-amplexicaul; flowers corymbose; peduncles with several 
