338 SYNGENESIA— POLYGAMIA-^QU. Plcris 



in the morning, and closing before noon, except in very cloudy 

 weather. Florets as long as the calyx, sometimes longer. Anth. 

 brown or purplish. Germ, crowned with hairs. -Seeds large, 

 curved, furrowed, light brown, their feathery crowns lightly co- 

 hering in the form of a large cobweb-like ball. 



2. T. poiTifolms. Purple Goat's-beard. 



Calyx half as long again as the corolla. Leaves tapering, 

 straight. Flower-stalk swelling upwards. 



T. porrifolius. Li««. % PZ. 1110. W^i/W. i).3. 1493. Fi.By.813. 



Engl. hot. V. 9. t. 638. Hook. Scot. 22G. HopJcirk Glott. 97. 



Jacq. Coll. V. 1. 99. Ic. Rar. t. 159. Fl. Dan. t. 797. 

 T. n. 9. Hall. Hist. V. 1.5. 



T. purpureum. RaiiSyn.\7\- Ger. £/«. 735./. 

 T. flore purpureo. Bauh. Hist. v. 2. 1058./. 2. 1059. 

 T. alterum. Matth. Falgr.v. 1.491. f. 

 Barbula hirci altera. Camer. Epit. 313./ 

 Purple Goat's beard. Petiv. H. Brit. t. 15. f. 8. 



In moist meadows, near great rivers. 



On the banks of the Chalder, near Whalley, Lancashire. Gerarde. 

 In many parts of Cornwall, according to Dr. Gunthorp. Merrett. 

 About Carlisle and Rose Castle ; Mr. Nicholson. Dill. In the 

 marshes below Woolwich, and near Edmonton. Blackstone. At 

 North Benfleet, near Billericay, Essex. Rev. R. B. Francis. In 

 the meadows below St. Vincent's rocks, Bristol. Mr. D. Turner 

 and Mr. Sowerhy. 



Biennial. May, June. 



Root tapering, abounding with milky juice, on which account the 

 plant was formerly much cultivated for boiling or stewing ; but 

 its place is now generally supplied by the Scorzonera liispanica. 

 Herb smooth, 3 or 4 feet high, glaucous. Leaves neither undu- 

 lated at the base, nor curled at the point. Flower-stalks hcllow 

 and swelling gradually upward. Fl. dull purple, with still darker 

 anthers, the nearly equal caly.v extending much beyond the 

 Jlorets.^ They close before noon. 



371. PICRIS. Ox-tongue. 



Linn. Gew.399. Juss. 170. Fl. Br. 814. Lam. t. 648. Gcertn. 



t. 159. 

 Helminthotheca. Faill. Mem. de I'Jc. des Sc.73l. f 25,26, 5\. 

 Helmintia. Juss. 170. Willd. v. 3. 1607. Lam. f. 648. GcBrln. 



t. 159. 



Common Cal. double ; the outer of several flat, lax, con- 

 verging scales ; inner ovate, of many equal, parallel, 

 close leaves, permanent. Cor. compound, imbricated, 

 miiform; florets numerous, perfect, uniform, ligulate, 



