PL ex.cal. 
39. COMPOSITiE, A. 190. Picris. 431 
Edges of woods on chalk ; biennial ; July and August. 
Root-leaves lanceolate ; stem-leaves embracing the stem, 
bent back ; corymhis leafy ; peduncle scaly, slightly thick- 
ened. 
XVI. 191. HELMINTHIA. Geertner. Langue-de-hceuf 
Bract ece 5, broad, as long as the pericline ; pericline cy- 
lindrical, scales 8, equal in one series ; calathides many- 
flowered ; clinanthus flat, tubercular or annulate, naked ; 
akenium reverse-ovate, transversely wrinkled; pappus sti- 
pitate, feathery ; rays equal. 
Helminthia echioides. Bugloss langue-de-hceuf. 
Bractece broad, ovate, heartshape, rather spinous ; leaves 
repand. 
Hieracium echioides capitulis cardui benedicti, Raii Syn. 166, 13. 
Buglossum luteum, Ger. em. 798, 2. 
Buglossum luteum, seu lingua bovis, Park. 800. 
Picris echioides, Lin. S . P. 1114. 
Helminthia echioides, Gccrtn. Sem . et Fr. 2,368. 
Edges of fields on clay ; annual ; June and July. 
Stem upright, branched; leaves light green, shining, 
root-leaves ovate; stem-leaves embracing the stem; cala- 
thides slightly panicled. 
XVII. 192. TRAGOPOGON. Dioscor. Goats-heard. 
Pericline simple, cylindrical, pyramidical ; scales 8 or 
1 0, equal, soldered by their edges ; calathide many-flowered ; 
clinanthus naked, pitted; akenium streaked lengthways; 
pappus stipitate, feathered ; stipes slender, rays unequal.— 
Leaves not cut, grass-like; corollce gold-colour or blue; 
peduncles simple. 
1. Tragopogon pretense. Meadow goats-leard. 
Leaves bald, not cut, channelled, pointed, dilated at 
bottom; peduncles round above; pericline as long as the 
flowers in the circumference. 
Tragopogon luteum, Raii Syn. 171, 1 ; Ger. em. 735,2; Park. Par. 514. 
Trapogon pratense, Lin. S. P. 1109. 
Go to bed at noon. Joseph's Flower. Star of Jerusalem. Noon-tide. 
Yellow goats-beard. 
Fields and pastures ; biennial ; June. 
Root milky, sweet ; stem branched ; calathides large, 
closing early in the day; corollce gold-yellow. — Young 
shoots a good asparagus. 
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