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the true Thrincia tuherosa. Apargia tuherosa grows smooth 

 and cihated : the ciliae are short and forked. The leaves are 

 shaped pretty much in the same way as those of Thr. hirta. 

 The flowers are large^ the calyx distinctly scaly and ciliated, 

 the pappus uniformly pinnated. The plant which has the 

 greatest resemblance to this is Apargia hastilis Willd. parti- 

 cularly because here also the calyx has the same shape, ami 

 the mar^nal florets haVe the same leaden colour on their 

 lower surface. I also think that the two species could only 

 be artificially distinguished. For Ap. hastilis has an ovate 

 pinnated pappus^ and is quite smooth. Are there not transi- 

 tions from the one form to the other ? I think there are. 

 Jacquin fifty years ago attempted in vain to discover these 

 transitions, (Enumer. Plant Vindoh. p. 270.) Lachenal, 

 i^Act. Helv. 1. p. 272.), indeed, has remarked transitions to 

 Leontodoii hispidum ; but can we believe that he had our 

 plant actually in his eye ? 



Synonymes and Figures, 



Hieracium xufMi)^ec(rtor^c(,xv<pvxxov^ Richard de Bellev. Ic. 1. 119. 

 Hier. hirsutum parvum, caule aphyllo Magnol. BoL Mmsp. 

 131. 



Hier. riiontanum latifolittni non sinuatum, Losel Boruss, 

 p. 125. * 



i)ens leonis foliis hirsutis Zannich Venet p. 86. t. 183. f. 1. 

 ? Hieracium dentis leonis folio, Buxb. Hal. 157. 

 Rhagadiolus foliis semipinnatis asperrimis. Hall. Stirp. n. 7. 

 Leontodon hirtum^ Limi. Sp. PL ed. Reich. 3. 634. (excl. sy- 



non. Sauh. et baud apta descriptione.) Hcnduyn. 9. 60. 



Gouan Fl Monspeh 349. Wither. Arrang. 3. 837. (excl. 



Syri. Fl. Dan. 901. quae Apargia hispida.) Roth. FL 



Germ. 2. 2, 145. Jacqu. Vindoh. 139. Leers ^ Herborn, 



168. * Leyss. Hal ed. 2. p. 191. 

 Leontodon proteiforme, Vill. Delph. 3* p* 87. t. 24. (sed excl. 



plerisque synonymis.) 

 Apargia hirta, Scop. Carn. n. 984. (excl. syn. J. Bauh.) 



Hqfm. Germ. 274. Host, Syn. Austr, 424. SmitJif 



Prodr. Grcec. 2. 131. SchJc. t. 220. 



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