The BRITISH HERBAL. 
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The ftalks are upright, branched, and fpread- 
ing, of a pale green, and a foot and half high. 
The leaves are oblong, and moderately broad ; 
and they arc very deeply jagged at the edges : 
their colour is a fine green ; and they are per- 
feftly fmooth. 
The flowers (land at the tops of the ftalks ; 
and they are fmall, and of a deep yellow. 
It is common in pafturcs, and flowers in 
July- 
C. Bauhine calls it Cicboreum p-aleiije htcum 
Uvius. Others, Hiiraclxuni aphacaides. 
Thefe three fpecies are very common in our 
pafliures ; and they appear under various forms, 
according to the degree of nouriihment each re- 
ceives. Hence authors, who judged too fuper- 
ficially, have divided them into a number of 
kinds'tallcr or lower, and with more or Icfs jagged 
leaves: but thefe three are the real fpecies. 
4. .Strong-fcented Hawkweed. 
Hkradim cajlorei odore. 
The root is compofcd of long, thick fibres. 
The ftalk is upright, branched, and two feet 
high. 
The leaves are long, moderately broad, hairy, 
deeply indented, and of a pale green. 
The flowers are large and yellow ; and, before 
they open, the bud hangs drooping. 
We have it on dry banks in our midland coun- 
ties. It flowers in July. 
Ray calls it Hisracium cajiorei odore Monffelien- 
fmm. 
This fpecies, when lefs nouriflied, has the 
leaves lefs divided, and has in this ftatc been con- 
fidered by fome as a difliina fpecies. 
5. Broad-leaved Mountain Hawkweed. 
H eracium latijalmin montamm. 
flender, and furni.Hied with 
7. Koilgh-headed Hawkweed. 
Uitracium nfperius capiliilis foliiji:. 
The root is long and ficnder, and has abun- 
dance of fibres. 
The leaves that rife from it fpread circularly 
upon the ground ; and are long, narrow, of a 
yeilowifl) green, and very rough to the touch. 
The ftalks are numerous, branched, and a foot 
and half high. 
The leaves on thefe refemble thofe from the 
root ; but they are not altogether fo rough. 
The flowers are large and yellow ; and they 
ftand in a kind of leafy heads, refembling thofe 
of the cardials hemdii^us. 
It is common on ditch banks, and flowers in 
July- 
C. liauhine calls it H:eradum ecbmides capittilis 
-Lirdui hcncdiJi. Our people, l^ang ds heuf. 
8. Dwarf Hawkweed, with finuatcd leaves. 
Hisrcchwi pumHimi faHis f.muilis. 
The root is long and flender. 
The firft leaves are long, narrow, foft, of a 
pale green, and finuated deeply at the edges. 
The (falks are numerous, branched, and three 
inches high ; and they are almofl: naked. 
The flowers ftand at the tops, and are fmall 
and yellow. 
It is frequent in Suftlx on heaths, and flowers 
in July. 
Ray calls it Hieracium parium ill annqfis nafcens 
femhnm fnppis deiijicus radlctis. 
The root is long 
many fibres. 
The ftalk is weak, branched, of a deep green. 
The leaves are very broad, oblong, hairy, and 
of a dufliy colour. 
The flowers are large, and of a pale yellow. 
It is common in our northern counties, and 
flowers in June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Hierariiim inciiterMm latifo. 
limn glabrum minus. Clufius, Hieracium Brilan- 
mcim. 
6. Great jagged-leaved Hawkweed. 
Hieracium lacitiiatum majus. 
The root is long, flender, and furniflied with 
a few fibres. 
The ftalk is round, firm, and two feet and 
half high. 
The leaves are long, moderately broad, deeply 
finuated, and rough. 
The flowers are large, and of a deep yel- 
low. 
It is found on ditch-banks in fandy foils, and 
flowers in Auguft. 
C. Bauhine calls it Hieracium maximum cbaii- 
drilU folio afperum. Others, Hieracium cicborei 
folio majus. 
9. Great-flowered rough Hawkweed. 
Hieracium afperium flore majore. 
The root is long, and hung with many fibres. 
The ftalk is upright, round, hairy, two feet 
high, branched, and of a brown colour. 
The leaves arc long, narrow, rough to the 
touch, and deeply finuated. 
The flowers are large, and yellow. 
We have it in corn-fields, where it flowers in 
July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Cicborium pratenfe luteum hir- 
fntum afperum. Ray, Hieracium afpsrum majorj 
flore. 
10. Dwarf rough Hawkweed. 
Hieracium pumilum afperum. 
The root is compofcd of numerous fibres, con- 
ncifted to an abrupt head. 
'I he leaves are long, narrow, a little finuated 
at the edges, and rough to the touch. 
The ftalks are tough, and ei^ht inches high, 
and the flowers fmall and yellow. 
It is found on dry banks in Kent, flowering 
in June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Hieracium pumihm faxatile 
afperum radice pramorfa. Columna, Hieracium 
faxatile montanum. 
II. Great-flowered broad-leaved Hawkweed. 
Hieracium latifotium magno pre. 
The root is compofed of numerous fibres. 
The 
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