210 45. COMPOSITE. 



stems prostrate leafy. 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. — (3. H. Balhisii 

 (Lois) ; aU the fruits with long beaks. — Sandy and graxelly 

 places. 0. In Kent and Salop. A. VII. VIII. E. S. 



2. H. radicdta (L.) ; st. branched leafless glabrous, 1. runci- 

 nate Hunt, inv. falling short of the flowers. — E.B. 831. — St. about 

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

 solitary head. L. spreading upon the ground, rough. Stalia 

 slightly thickened beneath the heads. Fr. all heahed. — Waste 

 ground. P. ? VII. E.S.I. 



** Pappus in one row. Achyeophorus Scop. 



3. H. maculdta (L.); st. simple or shghtly branched almost 

 leafless, 1. obovate-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, fl. deep yellow. — 

 Chalky and limestone hills, rare. P. VII. VIII. E. 



D. Meceptacle withovi scales. Papptis featliery or on the exterior 

 fruits scaly. 



37. Thein'cia Both. 



1. T. hir'ta (DO.) ; 1. lanceolate sinuate-dentate or entire 

 hispid or hairy with forked or simple hairs, stalks simple pilose 

 below. — E. B. 55-5. — L. all radical, sometimes nearly or quite 

 entire, occasionally runcinate. Stalks often purplish, quite 

 simple, longer than the leaves, somewhat hairy in their lower 

 half. Phyll. downy on the margins at the apex or hairy. — 

 Gravelly places and fields ; also in the Fens. P. VI. — IX. 



E. S. I. 



38. Leon'iodow Linn. Hawkbit. 



* Pappus feathery and with an outer row of bristles. 



1. L. his'pidum (L.) ; 1. radical oblong-lanceolate runcinate 

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

 minute scales thickened upwards hispid. — JE. B. 564. — L. with 

 regular spreading or reflexed narrow teeth. Stalks green, erect, 

 longer than the leaves. Head drooping in bud, afterwards erect. 

 Inv. nearly always hairy. Fl. glandular at the end. Fr. muri- 

 cate. — Meadows and pastures. P. VI. — IX. E. S. I. 



