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fr. shorter than the pappus oblong slightly narrowed upwards 
with smooth ribs. — C. virens (L. sec. Vill.) C. tecto7-um Sm., 
£. B. nil {not Linn.).— Very variable. St. 1—3 feet high, 
or diffuse. Fl. yellow. [C tectorum (L.) has revolute- 
margined upper 1., phyll. downy within, fr. somewhat beaked 
with scarious ribs ; Mr Brotherston found it as an escape near 
Kelso.]— Common. A. VI.— IX. E. S. I. 
[C. nic<zen'sis (Balb.); outer phyll. adpressed linear, iuficr ylabrons unthiyi, 1. 
lyrate-pinnatifid hispid, stem.-l. sagittate clasping, uppermost lanceolate tntire, 
ped. and inv. usually glandular-hairy, fr. oblong scarcely narrowing upwards, 
strongly-ribbed acahrous shorter than the pappus. — B. 1440.— Habit of Sp. 1. 
St. 1 — 3 feet high nearly leafless above, corymbosely branched. Heads rather 
large, fl. yellow. — Fields, introduced with seed. B. VI. VII. E. S. I.J 
4. C. biennis (L.) ; outer phi/ll. obloiig-linear lax, inmr 
doicnij within, 1. runcinate-pinnatifid hispid, uppermost 1. 
lanceolate clasping dentate-pinnatifid, st subcorymbose, fr. 
oblong slightly narrowed upwards with nearly smooth ribs 
and about as long as the pappus. — E. B. 149. — St. 1 — 3 feet 
high, hispid, nearly leafless above, corymbosely branched. 
Reads large ; fl. yellow. L. radical and extending halfway 
up the stem. — Chalky places, rare ? B. VI. VII. E.I. 
5. C. mollis (Aschers.) ; phyll. lanceolate-attenuate, outer 
ones very short adjyressed, I. entire nearly glabrous oblong blunt, 
lower ones narrowed into a footstalk, upper I. sessile and some- 
what claspimj, st. corymbose, ped. and inv. glandular-haiiy, fr. 
much striate slightly narrowed upwards as long as the pappus 
which is shorter than the involucre. C. succisafolia (Tausch), 
Hieraciurii molle (Jacq.). E. B. 2210. — St. 2 — 3 feet high, erect, 
simple below ; 1. few. Heads few ; fl. yellow.— Woods in the 
North. P. Vll. VIII. E. S. 
*** Frioit not beaked, cylindrical. Pappus stiff, brittle. 
AjiAcnjM Monn. 
6. C. paltidosa (Moench) ; phyll. lanceolate much attenuate 
glandular-pilose, outer ones short, I. ovate-oblony taper-pointed 
runcinate-dentate narrowed into a footstalk glabrous, upper I. 
ovate-lanceolate cordate and clasping acute entire or dentate, 
St. subcorymbose, fr. striate scarcely narrowed upwards. — 
Uieracium L. E. B. 1094.— St. 2 feet high, leafy, simple, 
angular. L. large. Fl. yellow. — Damp woods and shady 
places. P. VII.— IX. E. S. 1. 
