214 45. coMPOsiTiE. 



cordate at the base, uppeiinost 1. entire, st. simple, heads corym- 

 bose, inv. and ped. glandular-haiiy, fr. with transversely rugose 

 rihs, creeping. — B. B. 674. — St. 3 — 4 feet high, leafy. L. long, 

 acute. Heads large, fl. yellow. — Fields and waste ground, also 

 in fens. P. VIII. IX. Corn-Soivthistle. E. S. I. 



4. S. palus'tris (L.) ; 1. linear-lanceolate all acutely arrow- 

 shaped denticulate, lower 1. long with 2 — 4 linear-lanceolate 

 lohes, St. simple, heads corymbose, inv. and ped. glandular-hairy, 

 fr. with finely rugose ribs, no stoks. — JS. B. 985. — St. 4 — 6 feet 

 high, leafy. Fl. lemon-coloured. — Marshes, very rare. P. VII. 



vin. E. 



45. Muige'diitm Cass. 



1. M. alpinwn (Less.) ; 1. glabrous lyrate arrowshaped at the 

 base, terminal lobe large triangular-hastate acute, st. simple, 

 heads racemose, bracts ped. and inv. glandular-hairy, fr. oblong 

 not attenuate with many ribs. — Sonchus c<m'uleus Sm. B. B. 

 2425. — St. 3 feet high, glabrous below, leafy. L. gradually 

 smaller upwards, cordate-acute on the barren shoots. Heads 

 small, many. Fl. blue. — Clova Mountains. P. VIII. S. 



F. SeceptacU generally without scales. Tapf us filiform, never 

 feathery nor dilated at the hase. Fruit terete, ribbed. 



46. Cee'pis Linn. Hawk's -beard. 



* Fruit with a long subulate beak. Baekhaxjsia Moenoh. 



1. C. taraxacifdlia (Thuil.); 1. rough runcinate-pinnatifid, 

 buds erect, inv. bristly and downy covering half the pappus, 

 outer phyU. lanceolate with a membranous margin, bracts \iei- 

 haceouSffr. all equally beaked.— F. B. 8. 2029.^St. 1 — 2 feet ' 

 high, hispid, angular, furrowed, purple below, at length branched, 

 corymbose. X. mostly radical lyrate-runcinate with backward 

 teeth or deeply pinnatifid with the terminal lobe large. Stem-1. 

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

 purple beneath. 'Si. narrowing very gradually into a setaceous 

 beak of about its own length, ribs rough. — Limestone districts. 

 B. VL VII. E. 



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

 buds nodding, inv. hairy and downy, outer phyll. lanceolate 

 acute downy, marginal fr. slightly beaked shorter than the inv., 

 central fr. with long beaks equalling inv., pappus p-otruding. — 

 F. B. 406. — St. 6 — 12 in. high, hairy, round, branched. L. 



