Hypoch.^lris radicata. 
LONG-ROOTED HawKWEED. 
HYPOCHJJRIS Li„. Gen. PI. Svkg. Polygamia ^qjalis. Recept. paka<;eum. Cnh fubimbricatus. 
Pappus plumofus, 
Paii ^n. Gen. 6 . Herbas flore composito natura pleno lactescentes. 
H'i POCH^RIS radicata foliis runcinatis obtufis fcabris, cauIc ramofo nudo lasvi, pedunculis Cjua- 
mofis. Lm. Sp. Pl, p. 1140. FI. Suecic. n. 709. 
HYPOCHrERIS foliis femipimiatis hirfutls, caule nudo, brachiato. Halkr. Hift. p. 3. n. 3. 
ACHYROPHORUS radicatus* ScopoU. FI. Carn. n. 987. 
HIERACIUM Dentis leonis folio obtufo majus. Bauhin. pin. 12-j. 
HIERACIUM longius radicatum. Lob. k. 238. Gerard, emac. 298. Partinfon. 790. RaX. Syn. long 
rooted Hawkweed. 
Hudfm. FI. Angl, ed. 2*. 
Oeder. FI. Dan, ic. 150, 
Lighifoot FI. Scot. p. 443. 
RADIX perennis, craflitie digiti minimi, alte in terram 
defcendens, albida, plerumque fimplex, lac- 
tefcens. 
FOLIA radica/ia, fupra terram expanfa, planlufcula, 
oblonga, obtufa, finuato-dentata, dentibus 
fubobtufis, hirfuta, pilis fimplicibus, eredis, 
e pundis prominulis prodeuntibus, caulina 
nulla. 
CAULES fepe plures ex eadem radice, pedales aut 
bipedales, fuberedi, nudi, fquamis folum bre- 
vibus, ovato-acutis, ciliatis, ad exortura ra- 
morum inftrudi, glaberrimi, glauci, fubftriati 
tenaces, folidi, ramofi, ^ 
PEDUNCULI longi, fquamis paucis obfiti, verfus 
apicem paululum incraflati, 
CALYX communis imbricatus, fquamis ovatis, acu*- 
tis, glabris, apice rufis, carina ciliata pilis 
rigidulis. i. 
COROLLA Compojtta, imbricata ; Corollulis herma- 
phroditis, isqualibus, numerofis, Propria mo- 
nopetala, ligulata, truncata, quinque-dentata, 
tubo apice pilofo. fg, 2. 3. 
STAMINA: Filamenta quinque, capillaria; An. 
theRaE in tubum coalita, flavK. 
PISTILLUM: Germen ovatum ; Stylus filiformis, 
longitudine Staminum ; Stigmata duo, reflexa, 
SEMEN oblongum, rufum, ftriatum. &■. c 
PAPPUS ftipitatus, plumofus. ’ 
RECEPTACULUM paleaceum, paleas longK, nitidas, 
membranacea, concava:. Jig. 4. ’ ! 
I ROOT pereninal, the thicknefs of the little finger, 
X running deeply into the earth, generally fim- 
I T “ "'I'itilh colour, and milky within. 
, i.r.AVES next the root expanded on the ground, flat- 
tilh, oblong, obtufe, finuated and toothed 
(the teeth biuntifh,) hlrfute, the hairs Ample, 
upright, and proceeding from little prorni- 
nent points ; flalk leaves none, 
often feveral from the fame root, one or two 
feet high, nearly upright, naked, Inftead of 
leaveshaving only Ihort, oval, pointed fcales, 
edged with hairs at the fitting on of the bran- 
ches, very fmooth, glaucous, fomewhat ftrl- 
i T.r folid, and branched. 
I FLOWER-STALKS long, befet with a few fcales, 
+ towards the top a little thickend. 
CALYX cornmon to many florets, compofed of fcales 
which are of an oval fliape, pointed, fmooth, 
reddilh at top, the keel edged with Riflifli 
hairs. Jig. j. 
COROLLA Compound, the florets laying one over 
another, hermaphrodite Florets equal and 
numerous ; eacb Floret monopetalous, tubular 
at bottom and fpreading at top, cut off at the 
extremity and terminating in five teeth, the 
tube hairy at top. 2. 3. 
STAMINA : five Filaments, very fine ; Antherie 
PIUTTF T “ yellow colour. 
FISJILLUM: Germen oval; Style thread-llrapefl, 
the length of the Stamina ; Stigmata two, 
turning back. 
reddlfli and finely grooved, fig. c. 
a foot-ftalk and feathery. 
RECEPTACLE chaffy, chaff long, fhining, membra- 
nous, and hollow, fg. 4. 
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Hypeeharh receives its name of raelkata from the leneth of its toot hv whirl, 
cularly dlttmgmlhed from the .rxtvWe Linn ; or Hierackm rula fc* of BAlflllN in 
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