iJlO 45. coMPOsii^. 



St. suboorymbose,/?-. shorter ihan the pappus ohlong sligbtly nar- 

 rowed upwards witli smootli ribs. — C. tectorum Sm., JE. B. 1111 

 {jiot Linn.). — Very -variable. St. 1 — 3 feet higb. Fl. yellow. 

 [C. tectorum (L.) has revolute-margined upper 1., pbyU. downy 

 within, fr. somewhat beaked with scarious ribs.] — Common. 

 A. VI.— IX. E. S. I. 



4. C. hien'nis (L.) ; (mter phyll. oblong-linear lax, inner downy 

 within, 1. runcinate-pinnatifid hispid, uppermost 1. lanceolate 

 clasping dentate-pinnatifid, St. subcorymbose, fr. oblong slightly 

 narrowed upwards with nearly smooth ribs and about as long 

 as the pappus. — E. B. 149. — St. 1 — 3 feet higb, hispid, nearly 

 leafless above, corymbosely branched. Heads large ; fl. yellow. 

 L. radical and extending halfway up the stem. Chalky places, 

 rare? B. VI. VII. " E.I. 



5. C. succis(ef6lia (Tausch) ; phyll. lanceolate-attenuate, outer 

 ones very short adpressed, I. entire nearly glabrous oblong blunt, 

 lower ones narrowed into a footstalk, upper I. sessile and some- 

 what clasping, st. corymbose, ped. and inv. glandular-hairy, fr. 

 much striate slightly nan-owed upwards as long as the pappus 

 which is shorter than the involucre. — Jlieracium molle Sm. 

 E. B. 2210.— St. 2—3 feet high, erect, simple below ; 1. few. 

 Heads few; fl. yellow.— Woods in the North. P. VU. VIH. 



E. S. 



*** Fruit not beaked, cylindrical. Pappus stiff, brittle, 

 Aeacium Monn. 



6. C. paluddsa (Moench) ; phyU. lanceolate much attenuate 

 glandular-pilose, outer ones short, I. ovate-oblong taper-pointed 

 runcinate-dentate narrowed into a footstalk glabrous, upper I. 

 ovate-lanceolate cordate and clasping acute entire or dentate, st. 

 subcorymbose, fr. striate scarcely narrowed upwards. — Hieradum 

 L. E. B. 1094. — St. 2 feet high, leafy, simple, angular. L. 

 large. Fl. yellow. — Damp woods and shady places. P. VH. 

 —IX. E. S. I. 



47. HiERA'cnrM Linn.^ Hawkweed. 



i. PJLOSELLOIDEA. Stoloniferous. St. scapelike. Fr. 

 minute, crenulate at top, striate. Hairs of pappus equal, 

 very slender. 



I. S. Pilosel'la (L.) ; stoles slender leafy rooting, scape 1- 



^ A sela is a gland-tipped hair. — In this genus I have availed my- 

 self largely of the ' British Hieraoia,' by my friend Mr. James Back- 

 house. 



