188 45. COMPOSITAE. 
L. ee the stem, narrowing upwards and terminating in a 
very long linear-acute pomt. Phyll. 8, in 2 rows. FI. yellow, 
truncate, 5 toothed. Anth. yellow. There are 2 forms of this 
plant; (a) inv. equalling the fl., marginal fr. obsoletely striated 
and squamosely-scabrous throughout ; (b) inv. rather shorter than 
the fl., marginal fr. (in my specimen) yellow slightly furrowed 
and quite smooth.—Meadows and pastures, less frequent than 
the preceding. B.? VI. Field Goat’s-beard. 
$3. T. porrifolius (L.); inv. longer than the florets, ped. much 
thickened upwards, 1. tapering slightly dilated just alove the base. 
—E. B. 638.—St. 3—4 feet high, erect, branched. L. slightly 
broader just above the base then gradually narrowing to an acute 
point. Heads twice as large as in the two preceding. Iny. 
usually 3 longer than the fl., sometimes only equalling them. Fl. 
purple. Marginal fr. squamosely-tubercular throughout but par- 
ticularly on the ribs.—T. major is probably only a yellow-flowered 
variety of this; it has not been found in Britam.—Moist mea- 
dows. B. VI. Salsify. 
40. Prcris Linn. 
1. P: hieracioides (L.); rough with forked and hooked bristles, 
1. linear or lanceolate dentate or sinuated, upper 1. somewhat 
clasping, heads solitary terminating the stem and branches, outer 
phyll. lax oblong bristly on the keel glabrous on the margin, fr. 
constricted just below the pappus.—Z. B. 196.—St. 1—3 feet 
high, branched above, rather corymbose, very rough. Florets 
yellow.—Dry banks. B. VIT.—IX. EI. 
41. Hetminraia Juss. Ox-tongue. 
1. H. echioides (Gaert.) ; hispid with rigid 3-fid and hooked 
hairs from tubercular bases, st. erect, phyll. 5 ovate-cordate.— 
E. B.972.—St. 2—3 feet high, branched, covered, as well as the 
leaves and involucre, with strong prickles springing from white 
tubercles and with 3 minute hooks at the apex (glochidate). L. 
clasping.—Dry banks. A. VII.—IX. 
Section 5. LACTUCEL. Receptacle generally without scales. 
Pappus filiform, deciduous, never feathery nor dilated at the base. 
Fruit compressed. 
42. Lacruca Linn. 
* Beak elongated, white. Leaves with a bristly keel. 
1. L. saligna (L.); upper Ul. linear entire acuminate, with a 
sagittate base, lower 1. pinnatifid, beak twice as long as the fruit. 
—E. B. 707.—St. 2 feet high, slender, wavy, slightly branched. 
