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upwards. — E. B. 830. Leoiitodm Koch. — L. all radical, taper- 
ing at the base, often with long' linear spreading segments, 
usually somewhat haiiy particularlj' on the midiib beneath, 
luv. nearly always hairy. Pappus brownish. — j3. A. Turaxaci 
(Sin. not Willd.) ; 1. glabrous, stalk mostly simple, inv. shaggj- 
with greenish-black hairs. ^. 2?. 1109. — y. sordida; 1. haiiy, 
8t. branched, inv. as in /3, plant very large. — Meadows and pas- 
tures. ^. Moimtains. y. Highland glens. P. VIII. E. S. I. 
38. Tragopo'gon Linn. Goat's-beard. 
1. T. minor (Fries) ; inv. aboid twice as long as the Jlmcers, 
ped. slightly thickened at the very top, 1. tapering from a dilated 
base to a long slender acute point. — T. major Hook, (not Jacq.). 
— St. 2 feet high, branched, erect. L. clasping the stem. PhyU. 8, 
in 2 rows. Fl. yellow, truncate, 5-toothed. Anth. dark brown. 
Marginal fi-. angular, striate ; angles squamosely tootlied ; in- 
tei-stices tubercled. — Meadows and pastm-es. B. ? VI. VII. E. S. 
2. T. praten'sis (L.) ; inv. equalling or shorter than the flowers, 
ped. slightly thickened at the veiy top, 1. tapering from a di- 
lated base to a long linear acute point keeled. — E. B. 434. — 
St. 1| — 2 feet high, branched, ei-ect. L. clasping the stem. 
PhyU. 8, in 2 rows. Fl. yellow, ti'imcate, 5-toothed. Anth. 
jeliow. There are 2 forms of this plant : (a) inv. equalling the 
fl., marginal fr. obscurely striate and rough throughout ; (6) inv. 
rather shorter than the ii., marginal fr. (in my specimen) yellow 
slightly fiuTOwed and quite smooth. — Meadows and pastures, 
less frequent than the preceding. B. ? VI. E. S. I. 
*3. T. ijorrifdlius (L.) ; inv. longer than the flowers, ped. much 
thickened upwards, 1. tapering dilated slightly just above the base. 
—E. B. 638.— St. 3—4 feet high, erect, branched. L. slightly 
broader just above the base then gradually narrowing to an acute 
point. Heads twice as large as in the two preceding. Inv. 
usually 5 longer than the fl., sometimes only equalling them. 
Fl. purple. Marginal fr. with scalelike tubercles throughout 
but particularl}' on the ribs. — [T. major is probably only a yel- 
low-flowered variety of this ; it has not been foimd in Britain.] 
— Moist meadows. B. VI. Salsify. E. 
39. Pi'cEis Linn. 
1. P. hieracimdes (L.) ; st. rough with forked and hooked 
bristles, 1. linear or lanceolate dentate or sinuate, upper 1. some- 
what clasping, heads solitary tenninating the stem and branches, 
outer phyll. lax oblong bristly on the keel glabrous on the mar- 
fin, fl-. constricted just below the pappus. — E. B. 196. — St. 
feet high, branched above, rather corymbose, very rough. 
Florets yellow.— Drv banks. B. VII.— IXl E. I. 
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