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APA'RGIA* *. 
Linncan Class ff Order. Sygene'sia^Polyga'mi a, TEqualisJ. 
Natural Order. Compo'sitje§, f Linn .) , tribe, Cichora'cE/E, 
Lindl. Syn. pp. 140 & 156. ; Introd. to Nat. Syst. of Bot. pp. 197 
and 201. — Loud, llort. Brit. pp. 520 & 521. — Mack. FI. Hibern. 
pp. 142 & 159. — Hook. Brit. FI. (4th ed.) p. 410. — Cichora'ce.e, 
Juss. Gen. FI. p. 168. — Sm. Gr. of Bot. p. 120. — Synanthe're.e, 
Rich, by Macgilliv. p.454. — Syringales ; subord. Asterosas ; 
type, Cichoracea! ; Burn. Outl. of Bot. pp. 900, 901, & 935. 
Gen. Char. Involucrum (common calyx J (fig. 1.) imbricated, 
the innermost scales equal, outer ones smaller. Corolla compound, 
of numerous, imbricated, uniform, perfect, strap-shaped, blunt, 
5-toothed florets (fig. 2.). Filaments (see fig. 3.) 5, hair-like, very 
short. Anthers (see fig. 3.) united into a cylindrical tube. Germen 
(see fig. 2.) oblong. Style (see fig. 3.) thread-shaped, prominent. 
Stigmas 2, recurved. Seed-vessel none, except the converging, 
finally spreading, calyx. Seed (see fig. 4.) oblong, striated. Pappus 
( down J (see fig. 4, b.) feathery, sessile ; some of the hairs scaly, 
others silky. Receptacle (see fig. 4, a.) naked, pitted. 
The imbricated involucrum ; the naked, pitted receptacle ; and 
the seeds all with feathery, sessile pappus ; will distinguish this 
from other genera in the same class and order. 
Three species British. 
APA'RGIA IIISPIDA. Bristly Hawkbit. Rough Hawkbit. 
Common Rough Dandelion. 
Spec. Char. Scape naked, single-flowered. Leaves toothed, 
rough with forked hairs. Involucrum hairy. Flowers drooping in 
the bud. Florets hairy at their orifice ; glandular at the tip. 
Willd. Sp. PI. v. iii. pt. in. p. 1552. — Sm. Engl. FI. v. iii. p. 351. — Lindt. Syn. 
p. 162. — Hook. Brit. Ft. p. 341. ; FI. Scot. p. 227. — Grev. Fl. Edin. p. 167. — FI. 
Devon, pp. 130 and 155. — Johnston’s Fl, of Benv. v. i. p. 175. — Winch’s Fl of 
Northuml). & Durh. p. 51. — Walker’s Fl. of Oxf. p. 224. — Bab. Fl. Bath. p. 29. — 
Mack. Catal. of I’l. of Ircl. p. 70. ; Fl. Hibern. p. 166. — Thrincia /lisp id a , Macr. 
Man. Brit. Bot. p. 141. — Hedypnois hispid a, Engl. Bot. t. 554. — Sm. Fl. Brit, 
v. ii. p. 823. — Davies’ Welsh Bot. p. 74. — llelli. Fl. Cantab. (3rd edit.) p. 320. — 
Hedypnois hispidum, Huds. Fl. Angl. (2nded. ) p. 340. — Leontodon hispidum. 
Curt. Fl. Lond. t. 314. — Linn. Sp. l’l. p. 1124. — With. (7tli ed. ) v. iii. p. 809. — 
Lightf. Fl. Scot. v. i. p. 433. — Sibtli. Fl. Oxon. p. 239. — Abb. Fl. Bedf. p. 170. — 
Purt. Midi. Fl. v. ii. p. 366. — Virea hispida, Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 429. — 
Deus leonis hirsutus leptocaulis, Hieracium dictus, Ray’s Syn. p. 171. — 
Hieracium dentis leonis folio hirsutum. Johnson’s Gerarde, p. 303. 
Localities. — I n meadows and pastures ; common. 
Perennial. — Flowers in June, July, and August. 
Fig. 1. The Involucrum. — Fig. 2. A single Floret. — Fig. 3. The Stamens aud 
Pistil, showing the filaments, the united anthers, the germen, style, and stigmas. — 
Fig. 4, The Receptacle, with the scales of the involucrum (a) ; and the seed and 
pappus (6). 
* Name of uncertain origin. Aparyia , Gr. was applied to some plant of this 
tribe. IlcokKii. 
f Sec folio 91, note t. 4 See folio 117, note }. 5 Sec folio 27, a. 
