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COMPOSITE. 
small lanceolate deeply toothed at the base sessile. Heads soli- 
tary, terminal, on long simple stalks. Midrib of the involucral 
scales at length much thickened and hardened. Ribs of the fr. 
rough. — Chalky places, rare. B. VI. VII. E. 
4-8. Crepis Linn. 
1. C. pulchra (L.) ; outer involucral scales ovate short adpress- 
ed, 1. downy toothed, stem 1. arrowshaped clasping ; panicle 
corymbose, fr. about as long as the pappus obsoletely striated 
slightly attenuated upwards. — E. B. 2325. — St. erect, downy. 
Lower 1. obovate runcinately toothed, stem 1. small. Heads 
small, florets yellow, involucre at length thickened. Outer row 
of fruits often apparently without pappus. — " Hill of Turin near 
Forfar." Mr. G. Don. A. VI.— IX. S. 
2. C. virens (L.) ; outer involucral scales adpressed linear inner 
ones glabrous within, I. lanceolate remotely dentate runcinate or 
pinnatifid, uppermost I. linear-arrowshaped clasping with fiat 
margins, st. subcorymbose, fr. shorter than the pappus oblong 
slightly attenuated upwards with smooth ribs. — C. tectorum Sm. 
E. B. 1111. not Linn. — St. 1 — 3 feet high. L. very variable. 
Florets yellow. The true C. tectorum (L.) has revolute margins 
to its upper 1., the inner side of the involucral scales downy, its 
fr. somewhat beaked and with scabrous ribs. It has not been 
found in Britain. — Common. A. VI. — IX. 
3. C. biennis (L.) ; outer involucral scales oblong-linear lax 
inner downy within, 1. runcinate-pinnatifid hispid, uppermost 1. 
lanceolate clasping dentate-pinnatifid, st. subcorymbose, fr. ob- 
long slightly attenuated upwards with smooth ribs and about as 
long as the pappus. — E. B. 149. (excluding the fruit.) — St. 1 — 3 
feet high, hispid, nearly leafless above, branched in a corymbose 
manner. Heads large, florets yellow. L. radical and extending 
half-way up the stem. — Chalky places, rare ? B. VI. VII. E. 
4. C. succisafolia (Tausch) ; involucral scales lanceolate-at- 
tenuated outer ones very short adpressed, I. entire nearly glabrous 
oblong obtuse lower ones narrowed into a footstalk, upper I. 
sessile and somewhat clasping, st. corymbose, peduncles and in- 
volucres glandular -hairy, fr. much striated slightly narrowed up- 
wards as long as the pappus which is shorter than the involucre. 
— Hieracium molle Sm. E. B. 2210. — St. erect, with few leaves, 
simple below. Heads few, florets yellow. — Woods in the north. 
P. VII. VIII. E. S. 
5. C. paludosa (Moench) ; involucral scales lanceolate much 
attenuated glandular-pilose outer ones short, I. ovate-oblong 
taper-pointed runcinate-dentate narrowed into a footstalk gla- 
brous, upper I. ovate-lanceolate cordate and clasping acute entire 
or dentate, st. subcorymbose, fr. striated scarcely narrowed up- 
wards. — Hieracium Sm. E.B.1091. — St. 2 feet high, leafy, simple, 
