HYPOCHiERIS GLABRA, SmaLL-FLOWERED HaWKWEED, 



HYPOCH^ERIS Linnai Gem PL SYngenEsia Polygamia jeqtjalis. 



Receptaculum paleaceum. Cdl. fubimbricatus. Pappus piumofus 4 



Raii Sym Gen. 6. Herb;e flore composito naturA pleno lactescentes. 

 HYPOCHiERlS glabra, calycibus oblongis imbricatis, caule ramofo nudo, foliis dentato-finuatis* 



Linn. Syft. Vegetab. p. 60 1. Sp. PL p> 11 40. 

 HYPOCH^ERIS foliis glabris femipinnatis. Holler* Catal. Plant. Gotting* p. 421, Hift. Plant. 



ad torn. 1. v. 2» p- I ^ 0, 

 HIERACIUM minus dentis leonis folio oblongo glabro. Bauhin. pin. 127. 

 HYPOCH^ERIS chondrillo folio, parvo flore. Vaillant. atf. 1721. p. 214. 

 HIERACIUM parvilm in arenofis nafcens, feminum pappis denfe radiatis* Rati. Syn. 166* 

 HIERACIUM minimum. Col. ecph t 27. ic. 



Hudfon. PL AngL p. 303. ed. 2. p. 347. 



Oeder. Fl. Dan. Ic. 424* 



Lightfoot. FL Scot, p. 442* 



RADIX annua, craffitie pernio coracis, fufiformis, 

 paucis fibrillis inftrucfa, pallide fufca. 



FOLIA radkalia plurima, fupra terram expanfa, longi- 

 tudine minimi digiti, et ejufdem circiter lati- 

 tudinis, finuato-dentata, ad apicem paulo la- 

 tiora, glabriufcula, margine prasfertim pilis 

 hifpidulis ciliata, la&efcentia ; caulina pauca, 

 minima. 



CAULES plerumque plures, fpithamasi, fuberefti, in 

 duos vel tres ramos divifi, glauci, teretes, 

 fubnudi. 



PEDUNCULI fquamofi, fub floribus paululum in- 



craflati. 

 FLORES minimi, lutei. 

 CALYX communis, primum cylindraceus, peracta 



florefcentia oblongo conicus, magnus; fquamae 



laeves, imbricatim pofitae, ovato- lanceolate, 



inaequales, apicibus rubris. 



COROLLA compojita, imbricata, uniformis ; corollulis 

 hermaphroditis, aequalibus, numerofis ; pro- 

 pia monopetala, tubus infundibuliformis, apice 

 hifpidulus, fig. 3 ; limbus planus, quinqueden- 

 tatus, fig. 2. 



STAMINA: Fil amenta quinque, in tubum coalita, 



fig- 4- t . 



PISTILLUM : Germen infra corollam propnam, 

 fig. 6: Stylus filiformis, longitudine ftami- 

 num : Stigmata duo reflexa, fig. 5. 



RECEPTACULUM paleaceum, paleas concave, Ian- 

 ceolatse, acuminatiE, nitidae, longitudine pap- 

 pi, decidute, fig. 1. 



SEMINA fublinearia, bafi acuminata, caftanea, fig. 7, 

 lente vifa lineata, fcabra, fig. 8, in radio fiejfi- 

 lia, in difco petiolaia. 



PAPPUS inaequalis, plumofus, rigidulus, fig. 9. 



ROOT annual, about the thicknefs of a crow quill, 

 tapering, furnifhed with few fibres, of a pale 

 brown colour. 



LEAVES of the root numerous, fpread on the ground, 

 about the length of the little finger, and of the 

 fame breadth, finuated, or deeply indented, 

 a little broadeft at top, fmooth, but not per- 

 fectly fo, the edges particularly, being thinly 

 befet with ftifEfh hairs ; thofe on thejlaik few, 

 and very minute. 



STALKS ufually feveral, about feven inches high, 

 nearly upright, divided into two or three 

 brai ch^s, round, almofr. naked, and of a 

 glaucous colour. 



FLOWER-STALKS fcaly, a little thickened under 

 the flower. 



FLOWERS very final! , and yellow. 



CALYX common to many flowers, at nrft cylindrical, 

 when the floweriug is over, becoming of an 

 oblong conical fhape, and large ; the fcales 

 fmooth, placed one over another, of an oval 

 pointed fhape, uneven, the tips red. 



COROLLA compound, the florets placed one over the 

 other, of an uniform fhape, hermaphrodite, 

 equal, and numerous ; each floret monopeta- 

 lous ; the tube funnel- fhaped, with a few 

 fliffifh hairs at top, fig. 3 ; the limb flat, with 

 five teeth, fig. 2. 



STAMINA: five Filaments united into a tube, 



fig' 4. 



PISTILLUM : Germen placed beneath each fingle flo- 

 ret, fig. 6 : Style thread-fhaped, the length 

 of the ftamina: Stigmata two. bending 

 back, fig. 5. 



RECEPTACLE chaffy, chaff hollow, narrow, poin- 

 ted, mining, the length of the down, and 

 deciduous, fig. 1 . 



SEEDS nearly linear, tapering to a point at bottom, 



of a chefnut colour, fig. 7, viewed with a 



magnifier, finely grooved, and rough, fig. 8, 



thoje in the circumference fejfile, thofe in the center 



flanding onfoot-flalks. 



DOWN uneven, feathered, and ftiffifh, fig. 9. 



In the third edition of Ray's Synoffis, there is an accurate account given of this plant, which he informs us, 

 he omitted in his Hi ft. Plant, not being certain at that period, whether it was not a variety of fome other plant of 

 the fame family. It muft be admitted, that many of the plants of this clafs, very much refemble one another at 

 firft fight, whence the fludent is apt to confider them as a difficult tribe : but however ftrongly the objection of a 

 fmilarity of habit may be urged againff. the Hypochceris glabra, whoever has once feen it in bioflbm, will never 

 miftake it for any other; the flowers being remarkably fmall for a plant of this kind, not exceeding the fize of 

 a filver threepence, while the heads containing the feeds, are altogether as large in proportion to the fize of the 

 plant. This fimilarity of habit, may be one caufe why this plant is not oftener found ; but a more particular one, 

 perhaps, is the fhort time of the flowers expanfion, as it does not open till about nine of the clock in the morning, 

 and fhuts again about one or two in the afternoon. 



Haller's account of the feeds of this plant is very juff: thofe in the center have foot-ftalks, and thofe in the 

 circumference none ; hence this plant unites thofe genera, whofe characters are drawn from this circumft ance. 



I have found this fpecies of Hypochceris in tolerable abundance on Black-heath, particularly under Greenwich Park 

 Wall, on the South-fide. By Ray it is mentioned to grow, on the authority of Doody, in the fields between 

 Kingfton and Richmond '; by Mr. Hudson, about Briftol ; near Norwich, by Mr. Pitchford; and in Scotland, 

 though rarely, by Mr. Lightfoot. 



It delights in a gravelly or fandy foil, and expofed fituation ; and flowers in June. 



