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The Flora of Wiltshire. 



Locality. Pastures, especially on a gravelly soil. P. Fl. July, 

 September. Area, 1 . 2. 3. 4. 5. In all the Districts. Locally common, 

 but not general. Root, prcemorse. Leaves variable as to toothing, 

 sometimes runcinate. Flowers drooping in bud. This greatly 

 resembles Apargia hispida but it is a much smaller plant, and is 

 readily distinguished from that, by its nearly smooth calyx, and 

 the want of feathery pappus to the outer row of seeds. 



Apargia, (Schreb.) Hawkbit. 

 Linn. CI. xix. Ord. i. 



Name. Of uncertain origin. Apargia (Gr.) was applied to 

 some plant of this tribe. 



1. A. hispida (Willd.) rough Hawkbit. Hispidus (Lat.) means 

 rough or bristly with hairs. Engl. Lot. t. 554. Leontodon. L. 



Locality, Meadows and pastures, especially on chalk or lime-i 

 stone. P. FL June, September. Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Generally 

 distributed throughout Wilts. Scape single-flowered. Leaves toothed, i 

 rough, with forked hairs. Involucrum hairy. Flowers drooping i 

 in the bud. Florets hairy at their orifice; glandular at the tip. j 

 This plant is subject to much variation, both in size and hairiness.; 



2 A. autumnalis, (Willd.) autumnal Hawkbit, Hedypnois. Engl.\ 

 Bot, t. 830. Oporinia Don. 



Locality. In meadows and pastures. P. Fl. August. Area,\ 

 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Frequent throughout the County. This plant bears; 

 much resemblance to Hypochoens raclicata, but the loaves are nar-i 

 rower, more pointed, and more flaccid, generally smoother, and in! 

 the broader forms more deeply divided. The fruit is also destitutes 

 of the long beak, with which that of H. radicata is furnished. 



Tragopogon, (Linn.) Goat's-beard. 

 Linn. CI. xix. Ord. i. 

 Name. From (tragos) & goat, and (pogon) a beard; in allusion 

 to the long pappus to the seed. 



1. T. minor, (Fries) smaller Goat's-beard. T. major. Hook (not 

 perhaps of Jacquin). Engl. Bot 3 ed. t. 1299. 



Locality. Meadows, pastures, and borders of fields. B. FL 

 June, July, Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. In all the Districts but not 



