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comp6sit^'e 



natifid, bristly ; peduncles long, branched, smooth, slightly swollen 

 above, and with a few scales ; heads large, yellow ; involucre 

 shorter than the florets. — Hedges and waste places ; common. — 

 n I line — Sept'-mber. Percnmal. 



3. H. maculdia (Spotted Cat's-ear). — A hispid plant, 



a foot high ; 



obovate, not 



toothed, rough 



spotted above ; 



about 

 leaves 

 lobed, 

 often 

 heads 



43- 

 Herbs 



seldom more than one, 

 large, deep yellow ; 

 bracts fringed with 

 curly hairs. — Chalky 

 and hmestone hills ; 

 rare. — Fl. July, August. 



TuRINCI.\. — - 



with milky 

 juice ; leaves radical ; 

 heads on scapes, yel- 

 low ; brads in i row, 

 with a few additional ; 

 receptacle flat, naked ; 

 jritits shortly beaked, 

 the outer row envel- 

 oped in the bracts, 

 scarcely beaked and 

 with a short crown-like 

 pappus: pappus of the 

 other fiuits in 2 rows, 

 the outer bristly, de- 

 ciduous, the inner 

 feathery. (Name from 

 the Greek thrincos, a 

 battlement, from the 

 form of the pappus of 

 the outer fruits.) 

 Thrincia). — A small plant, 4 — 6 in. 

 high ; leaves spreading, more or less lobed, rough, witli forked or 

 simple bristles ; peduncles leafless, unbr;anched, somewhat hairy, 

 often purplish ; heads less than an inch: across, yellow, drooping 

 when in bud. — Dry places; common.^ — Id. June — September. 

 Biennial. 



LEONTODON AU 



S {Autninnal Ilaivk-hit'). 



T. nudicai'ilis (Hairy 



44. 



Lei'intodon (Hawk-bit). — Herbs with milky juice; leava 



