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409. HIERACIUM. 



82. umbellatum. Stem rigid. Upper 

 branches forming an umbel. L. lanceolate or 

 linear: lower attenuate into a sbort stalk; 

 upper nearly sessile. Tips of the PhyU. re- 

 curved, p. 7-9. Heaths and sandy woods. 



)3. coronopifolium, Beenh. L. with 2 or 

 3 long teeth on each side. 



83. prostratuxn. " Veiy villous. Hairs 

 simple. Stem ascendenti-prostrate, densely 

 leafy, A\ath a divaricate corymb. L. oblongo- 

 ovate, somewhat dentate, sessile. Fl. -stalks 

 tomentose and hii-sute. Cal. hirsute, at last 

 becoming smooth. The whole plant often be- 

 comes smooth, p. Sandy shores. Mouth 

 of the Adorn-."— DC. 



84. eriophorum. WooUy : hairs simple. 

 Stem straight, densely leafy. L. ovato-lanceo- 

 late, serrato-dentate, sessUe. Corymb some- 

 what compact. Base of Cal. woolly, p. 

 Sandy shores. Bayonne. Tete de Buch. 



TJie two following I do not know where to 

 place : — 



85. gracile. " Stem erect, simple, few- 

 leaved, somewhat corymbose. L. membranous, 

 somewhat dentate, stalked, villosulous. Root- 

 L. eUiptico-oval. Stem-L. lanceolate. Cal. 

 ovato - cylindrical, rather acute. Cal. and 

 staUcs glanduloso-hispid. Hairs of L. almost 

 feathery. Cal. and stalks covered with nume- 

 rous black glands and scattered hairs. 4—6 

 of inner PhyU. acute, p. High. s. Tyr." 

 —DC. 



86. compositum. " White with woolly 

 hairs. Stem erect, branched, leafy, panicled. 

 Branches spreading, mostly many -flowered. L. 

 dentate, glaucous beneath. Root-L. ovate, de- 

 cm-rent on a bearded stalk. Stem-L. cordate, 

 acuminate, amplexicaul. Cal. somewhat glan- 

 duliferous. Stalks tomentose and somewhat 

 glanduliferous. p. Dry stony ineadows. 

 Prats de Mollo. Pyr."— DC. 



DC. adds 20 species, 7ion satis notm, as 

 occurring within the limi ts of my work, but 

 which I omit, thinking it impossible to iden- 

 tify the species from the descriptions. For the 

 same reason I have omitted to notice H. pri- 

 fimlifolium of Viv. 



410. MULGEDIUM. . 



1. alpinuzn. Rac. nearly simple, glandu- 

 loso-hispid. Lower L. sagittate, lyrato-run- 

 cinate. Bracts linear, acuminate, p. 7, 8. 

 High woody. 



2. Pl-umieri. Pan. compound, quite smooth. 



Lower L. runcinato-pinnatifid. Bracts auri- 

 cled. p. 7, 8. High woody, w. Sw. Vosges. 



Auvergne. 



Tribe XI. SONCHEM 

 411. ZOLLIKOPERIA. 



1. cliondrilloides. L. variously divided. 

 Lower L. attenuate; upper cordato-seniiam- 

 plexicaul. PhyU. adpressed, obtuse, somewhat 

 caUous at top. p, 5, 6. Sandy, s. Pr. Sic. 



412. SONCHUS. 



A. Ajmual or biennial. 



1. oleraceus. Stem-L. amplexicaul, a- 



cutely dentate, ciKate : amides acuminate. 

 Cal. and Stalk nearly smooth. Seeds trans- 

 versely muriculate. a. 6-8. Fields. 



2. asper. L. amplexicaul, acutely ciUato- 

 dentate : auricles rounded. Cal. and Stalk 

 sometimes somewhat hispid. Seeds smooth, 

 with three nerves on each face. a. 6-8. 

 Melds. 



3. parviflorus. " L. amplexicaul, lunci- 

 nato-pinnatifid, spinuloso-dentate. Invol. cy- 

 lindrical, smooth, on long, smooth, corymbose 

 stalks. Seeds smooth and very smaU. a. 

 Verviers. Distinguished from the preceding 

 ly its more slender stem, smaller flowers, and 

 cylindrical calyx." — ^Lej. 



4. tenerrimus. L. auricled, amplexicaul, 

 pinnatipartite or bipinnatipartite. Cal. at first 

 tomentose at base. Seeds slender, striated, 

 transversely rugose, a. or b. 6, 7. Rocks 

 and walls, s. Eur. 



B. Perennial. 



5. pectinatus. Stem angular, hairless. L. 

 pectinate : divisions crowded, ovate, acute. 

 Upper L. auricled. Cal. hairy. Seeds with 

 obtuse tubercled ribs. p. 6. Ifarit. rocks. 

 Near CoUiom-e. 



6. maritimus. Smooth. Root creeping. 

 Stem few-flowered. L. lanceolate, amplexicaul, 

 undivided. Sen-atures acute, retrorse. Outer 

 PhyU. broadly ovate, with blunt acumen. Ribs 

 of the Seeds smooth, p. 6, 7. Coasts, s. 

 Eoi-ope. 



7. arvensis. Root creeping. Stem smooth, 

 corymbose. L. runcinate, spinuloso-dentate, 

 cordato-amplesicaul. Cal. and Stalks hispid. 

 Seeds usually 4-edged, transversely rugose on 

 the ribs. p. 6, 7. Clayey f elds. 



