160 ENGLISH BOTANY. 
much shorter than the phyllaries. Pappus pure-white, of soft 
hairs, scarcely exceeding the phyllaries. 
In cultivated fields. Introduced with clover-seed, and not 
persistent in any of its localities. 
[England, Scotland.] Annual. Summer and Autumn. 
Stem erect, 9 inches to 2 feet high, sharply angular. Anthodes 
i inch across. Pericline strangulated in fruit. Pappus scarcely 
reaching beyond the phyllaries. The stiff bristles on the upper 
part of the peduncles and phyllaries distinguish this species from 
all the others, but the general appearance of the plant is extremely 
similar to that of the succeeding species, C. virens, but the florets 
are of a brighter yellow. 
Bristly Hawk' s-beard. 
French, Crepide Ilerissee. German, Borstige Grundfeste. 
Sub-Genus II.— EU-CREPIS. 
Achenes without an evident beak, but attenuated towards the 
apex. Pappus of numerous soft silky pure-white hairs. 
SPECIES IV— C RE PIS VIRENS. Linn. 
Plate DCCCXVIII. 
BiUot, Fl. Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. No. 49. 
Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. XIX. Tab. MCCCCLI. 
Crepis tectorum, Sm. Eng. Bot. No. 1111 (non Linn.~). 
Annual. Stem branched, glabrous or puberulent, leafy, but 
very sparingly so in stunted specimens. Radical leaves runci- 
natc-pinnatifid or obovate and nearly entire or lyrate-pinnatifid ; 
stem-leaves sagittatc-amplcxicaul, variable, the uppermost ones 
linear and entire ; all glabrous. Anthodes erect in bud, in 
corymbs terminating the stem and branches. Peduncles mode- 
rately long or short, slender, straight or slightly incurved, not 
thickened upAvards. Phyllaries puberulent, often with a few 
gland-tipped hairs, glabrous on the inside, the outer ones ad- 
dressed. Achenes without beaks, but attenuated towards the 
apex, with 10 smooth ribs. Pappus of pure-white soft silky 
hairs, Longer than the aehene, not exceeding the phyllaries. 
