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SPECIES II— L EONTODON HISPIDUS. Linn. 
Plate DCCXCIII. 
BiBot, Fl. Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. No, 267. 
,. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. XIX. Tabs. MCCCLXVIII. MCCCLXIX. 
L. hastilis, var. a, vulgaris, Koch, Syn. Fl. Germ, et Helv. ed. ii. p. 482. 
L. proteiformis, VUL, /3 vulgaris, Gr. & Godr. Fl. de Fr. Vol. II. p. 299. 
Apargia hispida, Wilkl. Bab. Man. Brit. Bot. ed. v. p. 194. Hook. & Am. Brit. Fl. 
ed. viii. p. 210. 
Bedypnois hispidum, Sm. Eng. Bot. No. 554. 
Rootstock branched, premorsc. Leaves strapshaped-oblanceo- 
late or linear-oblanceolate or oblong-oblanccolatc, sinuate-dentate 
or runcinate-pinnatifid, hispid with forked hairs. Scapes 1-flow- 
ered, slightly thickened at the summit, densely hairy (at least 
towards the apex), without leaves or bracts, or with only 1 or 2 
of the latter beneath the anthodes. Anthodes drooping before 
expansion. Phyllaries hispid on the back. Achenes all cylindric- 
fusiform, not beaked, longitudinally ribbed, with the ribs squamous- 
muricated. Pappus brownish - white, with the outer hairs not 
plumose. 
In pastures and heaths, especially on calcareous and sandy soils. 
Rather common in England and the South of Scotland, but not 
occurring North of Porfar and the neighbourhood of Glasgow. 
England, Scotland, Ireland. Perennial. Summer 
and Autumn. 
Rootstock thick, fleshy, shortly creeping, with many heads or 
short branches, each producing a tuft of leaves varying from 2 inches 
to 1 foot long, varying much in the depth of their toothing or inci- 
sion. Scapes 1 or few from each separate tuft of leaves, and much 
teding them, 6 inches to 2 feet high. Pericline ovoid in bud ; 
the inner phyllaries equal, the outer imbricated in several rows. 
Anthodes as large as those of the dandelion, bright-yellow. Achenes 
] inch long, thickest about one-third above the base, pale-brown, 
with elevated scale-like transverse ridges. Plant pale-green, often 
hoary from the abundance of white hairs. 
This plant is a sub-species of the L. proteiformis of Villars, the 
typical form of which is the L. hastilis of Linnaeus, which is nearly 
Of perfectly glabrous; but though common on the Continent, this 
form has not been observed in Britain. 
Rough Hawk-bit. 
French, Liondmt hispide. German, Spiessformiger Lowenzahn. 
