192 45. COMPOSITE. 



dentate-sinuate, involucre glabrous equalling the florets. — E. B. 

 575.— St. 3—10 in. high, branched, scaly, each branch termi- 

 nating iu a small solitary head. L. spreading in a circle on the 

 ground, glabrous, except a few scattered hairs. Outer row of 

 fruits destitute of a beak, the rest with a long beak. — 0. H. Bal- 

 bisii (Lois.) ; all the fruits with long beaks.— Sandy and gravelly 

 places. /3. In Kent and Salop. A. VII. VIII. E. S. 



2. H. radicata (L.); st. branched leafless glabrous, /. runcinate 

 obtuse, involucre falling short of the florets. — E. B. 83 1 . — St. about 

 a foot high, branched, scaly, each branch terminating in a rather 

 large solitary head. L. spreading upon the ground, scabrous. 

 Stalks slightly thickened beneath the heads. Fr. all beaked. 

 Pappus with an outer row of hairs. — Waste ground. P. ? VII. 



** Pappus in one row. Achyrophorus Scop. 



3. H. maculata (L.) ; st. simple or slightly branched almost 

 leafless, 1. ovate-oblong undivided toothed pilose, phyll. bristly 

 on the back. — E. B. 225. — St. about a foot high, stout, slightly 

 hairy. L. often all radical. Heads large, florets deep yellow. 

 —Chalky and limestone hills. P. VII. VIII. E. 



Section 4. SCORZONEREM. Receptacle without scales. 

 Pappus feathery or on the exterior fruits scaly. 



36. Thrincia Eoth. 



1. T. hirta {DC); 1. lanceolate sinuate-dentate or entire hispid 

 or hairy with forked or simple hairs, stalks simple pilose below. 

 — E. B. 555. — L. all radical, sometimes nearly or quite entire, 

 occasionally rvmcinate. Stalks purplish, quite simple, longer 

 than the leaves, somewhat hairy in their lower half. Phyll. 

 downy on the margins at the apex or hairy. Root premorse. — 

 Gravelly places and fields. P. VII.— IX. 



37. Apargia Schreb. Hawkbit. 

 * Pappus with an outer row of bristles. 



1. A. hispida (Willd.) ; 1. radical oblong-lanceolate runcinate 

 hispid with forked hairs, stalks simple naked or with 1 or 2 mi- 

 nute scales thickened upwards hispid, inv. hairy. — E. B. 554. 

 Leontodon L. — L. with regular spreading or reflexed narrow 

 teeth. Stalks green, erect, longer than the leaves. Head droop- 

 ing in bud afterwards erect. Florets glandular at the end. Fr. 

 muricated. — Meadows and pastures. P. VI. — IX. 



** Pappus in one row. Oporinia Don. 



2. A. autumnalis (Willd.) j 1. radical linear-lanceolate toothed 



