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COMPOSITE. 
fruits destitute of a beak, the rest with a long beak. — /3. Bulbisii 
(Bab.) ; all the fruits with long beaks. H. Balbisii (Lois.) DC. 
— The beak of the outer row of fruits is variable. — Sand)' and 
gravelly places. /3. in Kent and Salop. A. VII. VIII. E. S. 
2. H. radicata (L.) ; st. branched leafless glabrous, l.runcinate 
obtuse, involucre shorter than the florets. — E. B. 831. — St. about 
a foot high, branched, scaly, each branch terminating in a rather 
large solitary head. L. spreading upon the ground, scabrous. 
Stalks slightly thickened beneath the heads. Fr. all beaked. — 
Waste ground. P. ? VII. 
38. ACHYROPHORUS Scop. 
1. A. maculatus (Scop.) ; st. simple or slightly branched almost 
leafless, 1. ovate-oblong undivided toothed pilose, involucral scales 
bristly on the back. — E. B. 225. — St. about a foot high, stout, 
slightly hairy. L. often all radical. Heads large, florets deep 
yellow'.— Chalky and limestone hills. P. VII. VIII. E. 
Section 4. SCORZONERE^E. Receptacle without scales. 
Pappus feathery or on the exterior fruits scaly. 
39. Thrincia Both. 
1. T. hirta (DC) ; 1. lanceolate sinuate-dentate or entire hispid 
or hairy with forked or simple hairs, stalks simple pilose below, 
involucre glabrous. — E. B. 555. — L. all radical, sometimes nearly 
or quite entire, occasionally runcinate. Stalks quite simple, 
longer than the leaves, somewhat hairy in their lower half. In- 
volucral scales downy on the margins at the apex. Root pre- 
morse. — /3. dubia ; 1. almost or quite entire very hairy, stalks 
hairy particularly below, involucral scales hairy. Probably a 
distinct species. — Gravelly places, (i. Grosnez, Jersey. P. 
VII.— IX. 
40. Leontodon Linn. 
1. L. hispidum (L.) ; 1. radical oblong-lanceolate runcinate 
hispid with forked hairs, stalks simple naked or with 1 or 2 mi- 
nute scales thickened upwards hispid, involucre hairy. — Apargia 
Sm. E. B. 554. L. hastilis Koch. — L. all radical with regular 
spreading or reflexed narrow teeth. Stalks erect, longer than 
the leaves. Head drooping in bud afterwards erect. Florets 
glandular at the end. Fr. muricated. — Mr. J. Ball found a plant 
upon the mountains south of Glen Cree, Wicklow, which appeared 
to be closely allied to the L. alpinum (Jacq.) but not now having 
access to the specimen I am unable to describe it. See Ann. Nat. 
Hist. ii. 29. — Meadows and pastures. P. VI. — IX. 
41. Oporinia Don. 
1. 0. autumnalis (Don) ; 1. radical linear- lanceolate toothed or 
