THEINCIA. lEAGOPOaON. 205 



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. VIL VIII. E. 



D. Receptacle without scales. Pappus featliery or on the exterior 

 fruits scaly. 



37. Thein'cia Roth. 



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

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

 below. — E. B. 555. — L. all radical, sometimes nearly or quite 

 entire, occasionally runciuate. Stalks often purpksh, quite 

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

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

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



E. 8. I. 



38. Leontobojt Linn. Hawkbit. 



* Pappus feathery and with an obiter row of bristks, '. ' j 



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

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

 nute scales thickened upwards hispid. — E. B. 554. — 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. 



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



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

 piunatifid nearly glabrous, stalk branched scaly and thickened 

 upwards. — E. 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. — p. O. pratensis (Less.); 1. glabrous, stalk 

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

 taraxaci Sm. E. B. 1109. — 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. TBAGOPo'eoif Linn. Goat's-beard. 



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

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

 base to a long slender acute point. — Sy. 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. 



