THE SCAPE OF TARAXACUM 131 
In 1901 I brought home from Shetland roots of a Taraxacum, 
which, although not in cine sage tae to eae from all of our 
recognized forms; the pla plenty among large 
stones by the South eg oft Hostigabésn. near Clousta, and has 
since been found in many other places in the islands. It is the 
T. spectabile var. maculiferum Dahlst. The type is deseri in 
the Botaniska Notiser, 1905, p. 159, and the variety in Ostenfeld’s 
‘« Additions, &e.”’ (Botany of the Faeroes, vol. iii). T. spectabile 
Dahlst. is allied to T. palustre, but differs from it in many ways. 
The leaves are cut with rather large, more or less triangular lobes, 
and their pi surface is covered with ine or ages abundant, 
this colour eis etim = arients a little way down the inner ‘face 
of the ei The Autoar be ay greenish. According to Mr. 
laxly adpressed peas in iwes, in its pass ae flower- 
scape, and in its leaves being marbled with purplish-chocolate; I 
think also that the outer phyllaries are rather narrower than in 
the type. 
ar spectabile has not been described in any of our books, I 
have indicated some of its characters above. The “ 7. palustre” 
referred to is the J. palustre (Ehrh.) Dahlst., and Mr. Dahlstedt 
pelle that Rs is probably the same form as Smith’s plant, but 
palustre DC. is a different form, doubtless allied to 7. 
ia ‘Dabist 
it Shoal be borne in mind that the scape of the var. maculiferur 
is completely prostrate in flower; in fact, when the plant is 
oe in a pot, the scape hangs over the edge, only turning up at 
the sR 
sed. 
The day following ‘the sasiebicns of the scape, if the weather 
be fairly bright, all the phyllaries are completely reflexed, the 
head expands, and the fruits are dispersed—all or some, according 
to the “phen of the wind. 
. he day following the erection of the scape be very dull 
ri gloomy, the phyllaries remain tightly closed and no develop- 
Be am sik able to give exact details concerning the times at 
