SYNGENESIA— POLYGAM.-iEQU.Tragopogon.337 

 370. TRAGOPOGON. Goat's-beaid. 



Linn. Gen. 398. Juss.\70. Ft. Br. 812. Tourn. t. 270. Lam. 

 ^.646. Gcertn.t.Va^. 



Common Cal. simple, of several lanceolate equal scales, 

 ranged alternately in two rows, all connected at the base, 

 permanent. Cor. compound, imbricated, uniform ; Jlo- 

 rets numerous, all perfect, uniform, ligulate, abrupt, with 

 5 teeth ; the outer ones rather the longest. Filam. 5, 

 from the tube, capillary, very short. Ayith. in a cylin- 

 drical tube. Germ, obovate. Style thread-shaped, as 

 long as the anthers. Stigm. 2, revolute. Seed-vessel none, 

 except the converging, pointed com7non calyx, about as 

 long as the seeds, tumid at the base, finally reflexed. Seed 

 1 to each floret, oblong, angular, striated, rough, taper- 

 ing at each end, crowned by the orbicular flattish seed- 

 down, consisting of about 30 spreading feathery rays, on 

 a long awl-shaped stalk, Recept. flat, naked, minutely 

 cellular. 



Biennial, nearly smooth, herbs, with long, undivided, ta- 

 pering leaves, sheathing at the base. Fl. terminal, soli- 

 tary, large, erect, yellow or purple, closing before noon. 



1. T.pratensis. Yellow Goat's-beard. 



Calyx about equal to the corolla. Leaves keeled, tapering; 

 dilated and somewhat undulated at the base. Flowei- 

 stalk cylintlrical. 



T. pratensis. Linn. Sp. PL 1 109. JVilld. v. 3. 1492. Fl. Br. 812. 



Engl. Bot. V. 7. t. 434. Hook. Scot. 226. Fl. Dan. t. 906. Bull. 



Fr. L 209. 

 T. n. 8. Hall. Hist. r.\.h. 

 T. luteum. Ruii Syn. 171 . Ger. Em. 735. f. 

 Tragopogon. Fjichi. Hist. 82 1 . f. Matth. Valgr. v. 1 . 490. f. 

 T. flore luteo. Baub. Hist. v. 2." 1058./. 1. 1059. 

 Barbula hirci. Trag. Hist. 280./. Camer. Epit. 3 12./. 

 Hirci barba. Cord. Hist. 156./ 

 Narrow and Common Goat's-beard. Petit. H. Brit. t. 15/6, 7. 



In gras.sy pastures and meadows. 



Biennial. June. 



Root tapering. Whole herb very smooth, abounding with milky juice, 

 rather bitter, but not acrid. Stems several, branching, erect, round, 

 leafy, IJ- or 2 feet high, often purplish. Leaves alternate, long 

 and taper-pointed, often flaccid, or curling, at the extremity ; 

 inflated at the base ; several of them radical. Fl. large, 2 inches 

 wide, bright yellow, solitary, on terminal stalks, opening early 



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