500 



THE COMPOSITE FAMILY. 



corymb, and never an umbel. From the 

 wall H., it is distinguished by the more 

 leafy stem, without radical leaves at the 

 time of flowering, and by the more re- 

 gularly imbricated involucres. 



In woods, under hedges, and in shady 

 places, especially in hilly districts, in 

 Europe, extending eastward to the con- 

 fines of Siberia, and probably still fur- 

 ther into Asia, and northward to the 

 Arctic regions. Distributed generally 

 over Britain, but not so frequent as the 

 umbellate H. and especially as the wall 

 II. Fl. late summer, and autumn. 



Fig. 599. 



7. Prenanth Hawkweed. Hieracium prenanthoides, Vill. 



(Fig. 600.) 



(Eng. Bot. t. 2235.) 



Yery near the Savoy H., but the stem- 

 leaves are usually long, lanceolate, and 

 slightly narrowed near the base, and 

 always clasp the stem by rounded au- 

 ricles, and even the stalks of the lower 

 leaves are expanded at the base into the 

 same stem-clasping auricles. The in- 

 volucres and peduncles have usually 

 more of the short, black, glandular hairs 

 intermingled with the minute down than 

 either the Savoy H. or the umbellate H. 



In woods, shady places, and rich pas- 

 tures, and on the banks of streams, in 

 northern Europe and the mountain dis- 

 tricts of central Europe. Hare in the 

 Highlands of Scotland, and in Wicklow 

 county in Ireland, and very doubtfully 

 extending into England. Fl. late sum- 

 Fiff 600 mer, or autumn. 



