(3G6.) 
CREPIS*. 
Linn. Class & Order. Sy.ngene'sia f, Polyga'mia, ^Equalis*. 
Natural Order. Compo'sita:§, (Linn.), tribe, Cichora'ce.e, 
Lindl. Syn. pp. 140 & 156; Introd. to Nat. Syst. of Bot. pp. 197 
and 201. — Loud. Hort. Brit. pp. 520 & 521* — Mack. FI. Hibern. 
pp. 142 & 159. — Hook. Brit. FI. (4th ed.) p. 410. — CiCHORA'cEiE, 
Juss. Gen. PI. p. 168. — Sm. Gr. of Bot. p. 120. — Synanthe're.e, 
Kich. by Macgilliv. p.454. — Syringales; subord. Asteros.® ; 
type, Cichoracea; ; Burn. Outl. of Bot. pp. 900, 901, & 935. 
Gen. Char. Involucrum ( common calyx ) (fig. 1.) double; outer- 
most (fig. 1 , a.) very short, lax, tumid, deciduous; inner (fig. 1 , b.) 
egg-shaped, simple, furrowed, permanent, of several strap-shaped 
converging scales. Corolla (fig. 2.) compound, of numerous, im- 
bricated, uniform, perfect, strap-shaped, abrupt, 5-toothed florets 
(fig. 3). Filaments (see fig. 4, a.) 5, hair-like, very short. Jlntliers 
(fig. 4, b.) in a cylindrical tube. Germen (fig. 4, c.) inversely egg- 
oblong. Style (fig. 4, d.) thread-shaped, slightly prominent. 
Stigmas (fig. 4, e.) 2, spreading. Seed-vessel none, the inner calyx 
converging, hardened. Seed (see figs. 5 & 6.) narrower upwards, 
striated. Pappus (see fig. 5.) hairy, copious, soft, mostly white, 
deciduous. Receptacle (see fig. 6, a.) naked. 
Distinguished from other genera with uniform strap-shaped 
florets in the same class and order, by the involucrum with scales at 
its base ; the pointed, striated seed, narrower upwards ; the hairy, 
copious, mostly white, deciduous pappus; and the naked receptacle. 
Five species British. See Hook. Brit. FI. (4th ed.) p. 291. 
CRE'PIS Vl'RENS. Green Crepis. Smooth Hawk’s-beard. 
Succory Hawk weed. Yellow Succory. 
Spec. Char. Leaves smooth, runcinate ; the upper ones strap- 
arrow-shaped, stem-clasping, their margins fiat. Stem smooth, 
panicle somewhat corymbose. Seed oblong, shorter than the 
pappus, which latter is almost as long as the involucrum. 
Crepis virens, Linn. — B abington in Tr. Linn. Soc. v. xvii. p.453. — Linn. Sp. 
PI. 1134. — DeCand. FI. Fr. vol. v. p. 447. ; Bot. Gal. v. i. p. 299. — Hook. Brit. Ft. 
(4th edit.) p. 291. — Mack. Ft. Hibern. p. 161. — Crepis tectorum, Iluds. FI. Angl. 
(1st edit.)p. 301. — Engl. Bot. t. 1111. — Curt. FI. Lond. t. 327.— Sm. FI. Brit. v. ii. 
p. 837. ; Engl. FI. v. iii. p. 372. — With. (7th ed.) v. iii. p. 900. — Gray’s Nat. Arr. 
v. ii. p. 425. — Lindl. Syn. p. 158. — Hook. Brit. FI. p. 347. — Macr. Man. Brit. Bot. 
p. 143. — Lightf. FI. Scot. v. i. p. 440. — Sibth. FI. Oxon. p. 240. — Abb. FI. Bedf. 
p. 172. — Davies’ Welsh Bot. p. 75. — Purt. Midi. FI. v. ii. p. 375. — ltelh. FI. Cant. 
(3rd edit.) p. 323. — Hook. FI. Scot. p. 233. — Grcv. FI. Edin. p. 170. — FI. Devon, 
pp. 131 & 156. — Johnst. FI. Berw. v. i. p. 176. — Winch’s FI. of Northumbl. and 
Durh. p. 51. — Walker’s FI. of Oxf. p. 226. — Bab. FI. Bath. p. 28. — Irv. Lond. FI. 
p. 151. — Luxf. Reig. FI. p. 68. — Cow. FI. Guide, p. 28. — Mack. Catal. PI. of Irel. 
p. 70. — Crepis polymorpha, Wallr. Schcd. Crit. v. i. p. 426. — Hedypnois tecto- 
rum, Huds. FI. Angl. (2nded.) p. 341. — Hieracium luteum glabrum sive minus 
hirsutum, Ray’s Syn. p. 165. — Hieracium Lactuccc folio. Dill, in Ray’s Syn. 
р. 164. — Hieracium aphacoides, Johnson’s Gerardo, p. 297. 
Fig. 1. Involucrum ; a. outer scales ; b. inner ditto. — Fig. 2. Corolla. — Fig. 3. 
A separate Floret. — Fig. 4. Stamens and Pistil ; a. Filaments ; b. Anthers ; 
с. Germen ; d. Style ; e. Stigmas. — Fig. 5. A Seed, and Pappus. — Fig. 6. Calyx, 
Receptacle (a. ), and Seed. — Figs. 1, 3, 4, & 5, more or less magnified. 
Crepis, Gr. a slipper or last ; but why applied to this plant is not known. 
+ See folio 91, note t. i See folio 147, note i. $ See folio 27, a. 
