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XL VI. composite: CICnORACE^. 



ones stalked, upper 



[ Crepis. 



. , „,_,,_ ones lanceolate claspintr tlie stem witl 

 spreading ^ sagittate auricles, fruit longitudinally ribbed aud 

 " ' — «• leaves divided. E. B. t. 843.^^ 



transversely rugose 



leaves entire. 



Waste places and cultivated ground, common. ©. 6 8. 6"/ 



2—3 ft. high. Flowers small, yellow. Involucre conical when "in seed* 



4. S. asper Hoffm. {sharp-fringed annual S.) ; heads subum- 

 bellate, involucre glabrous, leaves undivided or pinnatifid 

 sharply toothed all lanceolate clasping the stem with rounded 

 auricles, stem branched, fruit longitudinally ribbed without 

 transverse wrinkles. — «. leaves undivided. E. B. S. t 2765 

 /3. leaves divided. JE. B, S. t. 2766. 



©. 6—8 



Waste places and cultivated ground, common. 

 Perhaps a mere variety of the last. 



10. Crepis Linn. Ilawk's-beard. 



Achenes terete or angled, narroiver upwards or obscurely 

 beaked, striate. Pappus pilose, copious, soft, mostly white 

 deciduous. Becept. naked. Invol scaly at the base.— N'ame • 

 given by Pliny to some plant, from KpjjTric, a scandal, which the 

 leaves were supposed to resemble. 



_ 1. C. virens L. {smooth H.) ; leaves glabrous runcinate or 

 pmnatifid, the upper ones linear sagittate amplexicaul, the 

 margins plain remotely toothed, stem glabrous, panicle sub- 

 corymbose, outer involucral scales appressed linear, inner ones 

 glabrous within, fruit oblong slightly narrower upwards with 

 smooth ribs shorter than the pappus. C. tectorum E. B. 



!;• -I 1 1 !• 



high. 



Stems 1 — 3 ft. 



Dry pastures, roofs of cottages, &c. ©, 6—9 „.^,„^ ^ ., ,^^ 



Radical leaves more or less pinnatifid or runcinate, their teeth 

 wi segments often horizontal, sometimes curved upwards. Flowers 

 small, yellow. Pappus about as long as the involucre, which is at 

 length ovate and ribbed. 



2 C. biennis L. {rough H.) ; leaves rough runcinate-pin- 

 nat±d, uppermost lanceolate amplexicaul dentato-pinnatifid 

 panicle subcorymbose, involucre downy, outer scales obloncr- 

 linear lax, mner ones downy within, fruit oblong with smooth 



^^^L^^'^l^'^ ^'^ upwards, longer than the pappus. E. B. S. 

 t. 2929. fig. 6. 



w^J'^'^^T. pastures in England, rare. Littlebury, near SafFron- 

 Walden, Essex : Madanscourt-hlll, Kent ; Twycross, Leicestershire; 

 and Cambridgeshire. $. 6, 7.- Stems 2-4 ft. high, furrowed, 

 rough above. Flowers much larger than in the preceding. Involucre 

 about as long as the pappus, outer scales almost glabrous. Pappus 

 very white, and upon a fruit so attenuated upwards as to form a stalk. 



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