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46. COMPOSIT.®. 
Dating in a small solitaiy head. L. spreading in a circle on the 
ground, glabrous, except a few scattered hairs. Outer row of 
fruits destitute of a beak, the rest with a long beak. — Balbisii 
(Hah.); all the fruits with long beaks. H. Balbisii (Lois.) DC. 
— The beak of the outer row of fruits is variable. — Sandy and 
gravelly places, fi. in Kent and Salop. A. VII. VIII. E. S. 
2. H. radicata (L.) ; st. branched leafless glabrous, 1. runcinate 
obtuse, involucre shorter than the florets. — E.B. 8fll. — 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 (Sco\^.); st. simple or slightly branched almost 
leafless, 1. ovate-oblong undivided toothed pilose, involucral scales 
bristly on the back. — Hypochceris Sm., E. B. 225. — St. about a 
foot high, stout, slightly hairy. L. often all rachcal. Heads large, 
florets deepyellow. — Chalky and limestone hills. P. VII. VIII. E. 
Section 4. SCORZONERE^. Receptacle without scales. 
Pappus feathery or on the exterior fruits scaly. 
39. Thrinci.y Roth. 
1. T. hirta (DC.) ; 1. lanceolate sinuate-dentate or entire hispid 
or hairy with forked or simple hairs, stalks simjfle 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 ape.x or hairy. Root 
premorse. — Gravelly places. 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 iq)wards 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 droo])ing in bud afterwards erect. Florets 
glandular at the end. F'r. muricated. — Mr. J. Ball found a plant 
upon the “ mountains south of Glen Cree, Wicklow,” which ap- 
peared to he closely allied to the L. alpinum (Jacq.). A. N. H. ii. 
29. — Meadows and pastures. P. VI. — IX. 
41. Oporinia Dow. 
I. O. auturnnalis (Don) ; 1. radical linear-lanceolate toothed or 
