160 ENGLISH BOTANT. 



much shorter than the phyllaries. Pappus pure-white, of soft 

 hairs, scarcely exceeding the phyllaries. 



In cultivated fields. Introduced with clover-seed, and not 

 persistent in any of its localities. 



[England, Scotland.] Annual. Summer and Autumn. 



Stem erect, 9 inches to 2 feet high, sharply angular. Anthodes 

 ^ inch across. Pericline strangulated in fruit. Pappus scarcely 

 reaching beyond the phyllaries. The stiff bristles on the upper 

 part of the peduncles and phyllaries distinguish this species from 

 all the others, but the general appearance of the plant is extremely 

 similar to that of the succeeding species, C. virens, but the florets 

 are of a brighter yellow. 



Bristly Hawk' s-beard. 

 French, Crepide Herissee. German, Borstige Gnm^esle. 



Sub-Genus II.— EU-CREPIS. 



Achenes without an evident beak, but attenuated towards the 

 apex. Pappus of numerous soft silky pure- white hairs. 



SPECIES IV.— C RE PIS VIRENS. Linn. 



Plate DCCCXVIII. 



Jiillot, Fl. Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. No. 49. 



Jieich. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. XIX. Tab. MCCCCLI. 



Crepis tectorum, Sm. Eog. Bot. No. 1111 (non Linn.'). 



Annual. Stem branched, glabrous or puberulent, leafy, but 

 very sparingly so in stunted specimens. Radical leaves runci- 

 nate-pinnatifid or obovate and nearly entire or lyrate-pinnatifid ; 

 stem-leaves sagittatc-amplexicaul, variable, the uppermost ones 

 linear and entire ; all glabrous. Anthodes erect in bud, in 

 corymbs terminating the stem and branches. Peduncles mode- 

 rately long or short, slender, straight or slightly incurved, not 

 thickened upwards. Phyllaries puberulent, often with a few 

 gland-tipped hairs, glabrous on the inside, the outer ones ad- 

 pressed. Achenes without beaks, but attenuated towards the 

 apex, with 10 smooth ribs. Pappus of pure-white soft silky 

 hairs, longer than the achcne, not exceeding the phyllaries. 



