lEAGOPOaON. 211 



** Pappus in one row, feathery. Opoeinia Don, DC. 



2. L. antumnak (L.) ; 1. radical linear-lanceolate toothed or 

 pinnatifid nearly glabrous, stalk branched scaly and thickened 

 upwards. — H. B. 830. — L. all radical tapering at the base, often 

 with long linear spreading segments, usually somewhat hairy 

 particularly on the midrib beneath. Inv. nearly always hairy. 

 Pappus brownish. — /3. O. pratensis (Less.) ; 1. glabrous, stalk 

 mostly simple, inv. shaggy with greenish black hairs. Apargia 

 Taraxad Sm. E.B. 1 109. — y. sordida ; 1. hairy, St. branched, inv. 

 as in /3, plant very large. — Meadows and pastures. (3. Mountains. 

 y. Highland glens. P. VIII. E. S. I. 



39. Tragopo'gon Linn. Goat's-beard. 



1. T. minor (Fries) ; inv. about tvrice as long as the flowers, 

 ped. slightly thickened at the very top, 1. tapering from a dUated 

 base to a long slender acute point. — 8y. E. B. 799. — St. 2 feet 

 high, branched, erect. L. clasping the stem. Phyll. 8, in 2 

 rows. Fl. yellow, truncate, 5-toothed. Anth. dark brown. 

 Marginal fr. angular, striate ; angles squamously toothed ; in- 

 terstices tubercled. — Meadows and pastures. B. ? VI. VII. 



E. S. I. 



2. T. praten'sis (L.) ; inv. equalling or shorter than theflowers, 

 ped. slightly thickened at the very top, 1. tapering from a di- 

 lated base to a long linear acute point keeled, — St. 1^ — 2 feet 

 high, branched, erect. L. clasping the stem. Phyll. 8, in 2 

 rows. Fl. yellow, truncate, 5-toothed. Anth. yellow. There 

 are 2 forms of this plant : — (a) inv. equalling the fl., marginal 

 fr. obscurely striate and rough throughout {Sy. E. B. 798) ; 

 (b) inv. rather shorter than the fl., marginal fr. (in my speci- 

 mens) yellow slightly furrowed and quite smooth {E. B. 434). 

 — Meadows and pastures, less frequent than the preceding. B. ? 

 VI. r ; 1 E.S.I. 



*3. T.porrif6lius (L.) ; inv. longer than the flowers, ped. much 

 thiclcened upwards, 1. tapering slightly dUated just above the 

 base.— J?. B. 638.— St. 3—4 feet high, erect, branched. _ L. 

 slightly broader just above the base, then gradually narrowing 

 to an acute point. Heads twice as large as in the two preceding. 

 Inv. usually -J longer than the fi., sometimes only equalling or 

 even falling short of them. Fl. purple. Marginal fr. with 

 scalelike tubercles throughout but particularly on the ribs. — 

 Moist meadows. B. VI. Salsify. E. 



40. Pi' ORIS Linn. 

 1. P. hieracioides (L.) ; st. rough with forked and hooked 



