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4. Apargia {Hawk-bit) 



1. A. hnpida (Rough Hawk-bit).- Leaves all from the root, 

 pinnatifid, with the lobes pointing backwaTils, rough, with forked 

 hairs ; stalk single-flowered ; flowers yellow, drooping when in bud. 

 Meadows and waste places ; frequent. — Fl. June to September. 

 Perennial. 



2. A. autiimnalis (Autumnal Hawk-bit). — A tall plant 2-3 feet 

 high, with a downy involucre ; leaves all from the root, narrow, 

 slightly hairy on the ribs beneath ; stalk many flowered, swollen 

 beneath tlie flowers ; flowers large, deep yellow, erect when 

 in bud. Meadows and cornfields ; frequent. — Fl. August. Per- 

 ennial. 



Apargia Autumnalis 

 (Autumnal Hawk-bit) 



Thrincia Hirta 

 [Hairy Thrincia) 



5. Thrincia 



I. T. hirta (Hairy Thrincia, Hairy Hawk-bit).— A smafl plant 

 4-6 inches high, with spreading, more or less lobed, leaves, which 

 are rough, with forked or simple hairs, and leafless, somewhat 

 hairy stalks often of a purplish hue, each of which bears a yeflow 

 flower ; flower-buds drooping. Heaths and downs ; common. — 

 Fl. July to September. Perennial. 



