208 45. coMPOsiTiE. 



outer phylL' lanceolate with a membranous margin, bracts ber- 

 ha.ceoVLS,fr. all equallt/ beaked. — E. B. 8. 2929, — -St. 1' — 3 feet 

 high, bispid,fl,ngular, furrowed, pui-ple below, at length braacbed, 

 corymbose. L. mostly radical lyrate-runcinate with backward 

 teeth, or deeply pinnatiiid with the terminal lobe large. Stem-L 

 few, Sessile, clasping, deeply pinnatifid and toothed. Fl. yellow, 

 purple beneath. ' ' Fr. inarrowimg very gradually iinto a setaceous 

 beak of about i1;,3 own length, ribs rough.r— Limestone districts. 

 B, VI. VII.,; E. 



2,' C. fos!tida (L.) ; 1. hairy runcinate-pinnatifid, unopened 

 buds nodding, involucre hairy and downy, 6uter pbyll. lanceo- 

 late acute downy, marginal fr. slightly heOkeA shorter than the in- 

 vohwre, central oties with long heaks equalling. il\ and protruding 

 the pappus. — St. 6 — 12 in. high, hairyj. round, branched. L. 

 mostly -radical ; i stem-1. few, small, lanceolate, deeply toothed 

 at the base, sessile. Heads; solitary, terminal, on long simple 

 stalks. Midi-ib of the phyll. at length much thickened, and 

 hardened. Ribs of the fr. rough. — Chalky places, rare. B. "VI. 



Vll. ■ '' ' ' '■' ■■' ;; ' E. 



- [ C. seidsB (Hall.) ; 1. runcinate-dentate or IjTate-runcinate, 

 st.-l. sagittate entire or, incise^dentate below, buds erect,- inv, 

 not quite covering the pappus, margin of the outer lanceolate acute 

 phyll. and the bracts and the back of theinner phyll. and the ped. 

 hispid with rigid simple bristles. — E. B. S. 2945. — Plant 1 — 2 

 feet high. 8tem-l. large, rather strapshaped, clasping. — Fields. 

 Introduoedwithseed; A. Vn. yilL] E. 



** Fruit narrowed vpwards or obscurely beahed. 



\_C. puCchra (L.) ; ovier phyll. oiiatie short adpressed, 1. downy 

 toothed, stem-1. aiTowshaped clasping, panicle corymbose, /r. 

 about as long as the pappus obscurely striate slightly narrowed 

 upwards. — St. erect, downy. Heads Small; fl. yellow. — "Hill of 

 Turin, near Forfar." Mr. G. Don. A. VI.— IX.] 8. 



3. C. virens.Q-i.) ; outer, phyll. adpressed linear inner ones gla- 

 brous loithin, 1. lanceolate, remotely dentate runcinate or pinna- 

 tifid, uppermost I. linear-arrowshape(i clasping with flat margins, 

 St. subcorymbose,/r. shorter thaif pie.iJappusohlong slightljiiSLT- 

 rowed upwards with smooth ribs. — C. tectorum Sm. {not Linn). 

 ' — St. 1 — 3 feet high. L. very variable. ,FL yello^. [C. tec- 

 torum (LA has revolute-margined upper l.,pliyU. downy within, 

 fr. somewhat beaked with scarious ribs.] — Common. X. VI. — 

 IX. - ,' ' . fj .•,', , ,■ ^ E. S. L 



4.' C. bierinis (L.) ; outer phyll. ohlong-Knear lax inner downy 

 within, 1. runcinate-pinnatifid hispid, uppermost L lanceolate 

 clasping dentate-pinnatifid, st. subcorymbose, fr. oblong slightly 



