Crepis tectorum. Smooth Succory-Hawkweed. 



CREPIS Lin. Gen. PL Syngenesia Polygamia jequalis. 



Recept. nudum. Cal. calyculatus, fqiiamis deciduis. Pappus plumofus, ftipitatus. 



Rati Syn. Gen. 6. Herbje flore composito, natura pleno lactescentes. 



CREPIS tettorum foliis lanceolato-runcinatis feffilibus lsevibus, inferioribus dentatis. Turn. Syjl. Vegetal?. 

 p. 6ob. Sp. PL p, 11^5. Fl. Suec. n. 705. 



HEDYPNOIS fetlorum caule foliofo ramofo, foliis runcinatis nudis, radicalibus lanceolatis, caulinis 

 fagittatis acutis feffilibus. Hucifon. FL Angl. ed. 2. p. 341* 



CREPIS foliis ad terram piunatis, fiiperne amplexicaulibus pinriatis haftatis. Haller. Hiji. «.31. 



CREPIS teclorum. Scopoli FL Cam. n. 954. 



HIERACIUM luteum glabrum five minus hirfutum. J. B. II. 1024. 



CICHOREUM pratenfe luteum leevius. Baub. Pin. 126. Park. 778. 



HIERACIUM aphacoides. Ger. em. 297* 



HIERACIUM foliis et facie chondrillse. Parkin/. 794. Rati Syn. p. 165* Smooth Succory Hawkweed, 

 Lighifioot Fl. Scot. p. 440. 



RADIX annua, fimplex, parum fibrofa, defcendens, | ROOT annual, fimple, furnifhed with few fibres, de- 

 lutefcens. I fcending, yellowifh. 



CAULIS pedalis, bipedalis et ultra, erectus, angulato- % STALK from one to two feet high or more, upright, 

 ftriatus, nunc glaber, nunchirlutulus, praefer- f fomewhat angular and finely grooved, fome- 



tim inferne, fkpe purpureus, foliofus, ra- f times perfectly fmooth, fometimes a little hairy, 



mofus. i efpecially towards the bafe, often purple, leafy, 



f and branched. 



FOLIA valde variabilia, fepe tota glabra, alias utrinque | LEAVES extremely variable, fometimes perfectly fmooth, 

 hirfutula, radicalia taraxaci perfimilia, fedpaulo^ fometimes nightly hirfute on both fides, thofe 



anguftiora, nervo medio fuperne purpureo, cau- 1 next the root very like the leaves of dandelion, 



lina amplexicaulia, acuta, varie dentata, ra- I but a little narrower, the midrib purpleontheup- 



mea fubinregraj linearia* fubfagittata, margi- 1 per fide, thofe of the ftalk embracing the ftalk, 



iiibus revolutis. I pointed, and varioufly indented, thofe of the 



% branches nearly entire, linear and fomewhat 



I arrow-fhaped, the edges rolled back. 



FLOP-ES inter minores hujus familiae, flavi, laxe Corym- % FLOWERS fmaller than moft of this family, yellow, 

 bofi. I and growing loofely in a kind of corymbus. 



CALYX communis duplex, exterior breviffimus, patulus, | CALYX common to all the florets double, the exterior 

 interior fubcylindraceus, fimplex, fulcatus, | one very fhort and fpreading, the interior one 



fquamis ere&is, linearibus, conniventibus, aequa- 1 fomewhat cylindrical,' fimple, and grooved, the 



libus, longitudinaliter pilis globuliferis hifpi- 1 fcales upright, linear, connivent, equal, longi-" 



dulis, fquamEe ad bafin quinque aut plures, | tudinally befet with ftiff hairs, having a little 



fubulatte, breves, inasquales* laxee, pariterf globule at their extremities, the fcales at 



hifpiduke. | the bafe are about five or more in number, 



¥ fubulate, fhort, unequal, loofe, and like the 



t others flightly hifpid. 



COROLLA compofita, imbricata; Corollulis herma- 1 COROLLA compound, and imbricated ; Florets herma- 

 phroditis, plurimis, gequalibus, propria mono- 1 phrodite, numerous and equal, each fingle 



petala, truncata, quinquedentata, fubtus pie- 1 floret monopetalous, truncated, having five 



rumque purpurea, jig. 1. % teeth, and for the moft part purple beneath, /%. 1. 



STAMINA: Filamenta quinque, capillaria, brevif- 1 STAMINA : five, very mort, capillary Filaments. 

 fima. Anthera cylindracea, tubulofa, pig. 2. * Anthers united into a cylindrical tube, fig. 2. 



PIST1LLUM: Germen fubovatum. Stylus fili- 1 PISTILLUM: Germen fomewhat ovate. Style fili- 

 formis, longitudine ftaminum. Stigmata | form, the length of the ftamina. Stigmata 



duo, reflexa, fig. 3. | two, turned back, fig. 3. 



SEMINA vigintiet ultra in fingulo capitulo, fufca, ftriata ; f SEEDS twenty or more in each head, brown, and finely 

 Pappus femine longior, feffilis, fimplex, fig. 4 . ¥ grooved ; Down longer than the feed, ieffile, 



* and fimple, fig. 4. 



The great variety of appearances to which this plant is fubject, in common with many others of the fame clafs, 



has occafioned no fmall confufion among botanifts, efpecially the older ones, who have divided it into feveral fpecies: 



even modern botanifts, and thofe of the firft charafter, have confeffed the difficulty of diftmguifhing it in its various 



' ftates. Linn^us exclaims, Nulla planta hac vulgatior, nulla magis firuSlura et facte vanans, nulla magis conjufis 



fynonymis. Haller writes, Infuperabiles tenebra fynonyma obducunt : and Scopoli fays, Melius dicer etur Crepis varia. 



Perhaps nothing fhort of repeated obfervation will enable a botanift to diftinguifh the fame plant in its various 

 ftates, efpecially iuch as are fubjeft to fuch unufual variations ; yet there is frequently fome charafter not liable to 

 be altered by difference of foil and fituation, which, if pointed out, will be of great fervice 111 direfting thole who 

 may not have plants conftantly before them. Ray obferves, that the flowers, heads, and feeds of this plant are 

 fmaller than thofe of any other Englifh Hawkweed, the Hyoferis excepted (he might have added the tiypochxris 

 glabra). To the fmallnefs of the flowers, &c. may be joined the ftrudure of the calyx and the Item-ciaf ping 

 leaves ; and when it is known to be a plant growing generally in this country on dry banks, in paftures, and on 

 walls, we flatter ourfelves there will be little difficulty, with the affiftance of our figure, which repreients the 

 plant of its medium fize, in diftinguifhing it at all times. 



]t flowers from Tune to September. , ' . 



Mr. Hudson has thought proper to remove it from the genus Crepis of Linnaeus, with which it mult be owned 

 it does not well accord, and make it an Fledypnois ; yet it does not very well agree with the charter he himfeh has 

 given of that genus ; for the pappus can fcarcely be faid to be fubplumofus, unlefs very highly magnified; 



