Hypoch^eris glabra. Small-flowered Hawkweed 
HYPOCH^RIS Lima:i Gen. PL Syngenesia Polyoamia ajouaeis. 
Receptaculum paleaceum. Cal fubimbricatus. Pappus plumofus. 
RaliSyu. Gen. 6. Hervm floee composito eatuha pleno lactescentes. 
HYPOCHiERlS glaira, calycibus oblougis imbricatis, caule ramofo nudo, foliis dentato-finnatis. 
Lim, 1^. Vegetab. p. 6oi. Sp. PI. p. 1140. 
HYPOCHpERIS foliis glabris fcmipinuatis. Haller. Catal. Plant. Getting, p. ^s.l. H^l. Plant, addend 
ad tom. I. V. 3, p. 180. 
HIERACIUM minus dentis leonis folio oblongo glabro. Bauhin. pin. 127. 
HYPOCHyERIS chondrillo folio, parvo flore. VaillanU a£l. 1721. p. 214. 
HIERACIUM parvum in arenofis nafcens, feminum pappis denfe radiatis. Raii. Syn 166 
HIERACIUM minimum. CoL ecph. I. 27. ic. 
Hudfon. FI. Angl. p. 303. ed. 2. p. 347. 
Oeder. FI. Dan. Ic. 424. 
Lighifoot. FI. Scot. p. 442. 
Radix annua, craffitie penns coracis, fufiformis, 
paucis fibrillis infirufta, pallide fufca. 
FOLIA radicalla p\\xr\mz, fupraterraraexpanfa, longi- 
tudine minimi digiti, et ejufdem circiter lati- 
tudinis, finuato-dentata, ad apicem paulo la- 
tiora, glabriufcula, margine pnefertim pilis 
hilpidulis ciliata, ladlefcentia ; caulina pauca, 
minima. 
CAULES plerumque plures, fpitham^i, fuberefti, in 
duos vel tres ramos divifi, gkuci, teretes, 
fubnudi. 
PEDUNCULI fquamofi, fub floribus paululum in- 
craffati. 
FLORES minimi, lutei. 
CALYX communis, primum cylindraceus, peradla 
florefcentia oblongo conicus, magnus', fquamiE 
laves, imbricatim pofita:, ovato-Ianceolat«, 
insquales, apicibus rubris. 
COROLLA compofita, imbricata, uniformis ; corolluUs 
hermaphroditis, squalibus, numerofis ; pro- 
pia monopetala, tubus infundibuliformis, apice 
hijpidulus, jig. 3 ; limbus planus, quinqueden- 
tatus, jig. 2. 
STAMINA: Filamenta quinque, in tubum coalita, 
fg- 4- 
PISTILLUM : Germen infra corollam propriam, 
jg. 6: Stylus filiformis, longitudine Hami- 
num : Stigmata duo reflexa, jg. 5, 
RECEPTACULUM paleaceum, paleae concavae, lan- 
ceolate, acuminate, nitide, longitudine pap- 
pi, deciduee, jig. i. * 
SEMINA fublinearia, bafi acuminata, caftanea, fig. 7, 
lente vifa lineata, fcabra, 8, mradio/ejni 
lia, in difco petiolata. 
PAPPUS inequalis, plumofus, rigidulus, jig. 9, 
ROOT animal, about the thicktiefs of a crow qnlll 
tapering, furmihed with few fibres, of a pale 
brown colour, ^ 
LEAVES of the not numerous, fpcead on the ground 
about the length of the little finger, and of the 
lame breadth, fumated, or deeply indented, 
r At fmooth, but not per- 
tedtly fq, the edges particularly, beiiirr thinlv 
befet with fiiffifli hairs ; thoje on the Jiaik few, 
and very minute. 
STALKS ufually fevera], about feven inches high 
nearly upright, divided into two or three 
branches, round, almoft naked, and of a 
glaucous colour. 
flower-stalks fcaly, a little thickened under 
the newer. 
FLOWERS ■oeryfmall, and yellow. 
CALYX common to many flowers, at firft cyllndricil 
when the flowering is over, becoming of an 
oblong conical lhape, and large-, the Jcales 
imooth, placed one over another, of an oval 
rni!r.T7^r"'“ “’"Pf’ tips red. 
COROLLA compound, the florets placed one over the 
other, of an uniform lhape, hermaphrodite 
equal, and numerous ; each floret monopeta- 
P^trl-lhaped, with i Jew 
MJh batrs at top, fg. g ; the limb flat, with 
five teeth, fg. 2. 
STAMINA; five Filaments united into a tube 
Jtg- 4 - ’ 
PISTILLUM iGekmen placed beneath each fingle flo- 
ret, fg. 6 ; Style thread-lhaped, the length 
“^the ftamma: Stigmata two, bending 
RECEPTACLE .chnBy chaff hollow, narrow, poin- 
ted Ihining, the length of the down, and 
deciduous, jig. i. 
seeds nearly linear, tapering to a point at bottom, 
of a chefnut colour, fig. y, viewed with a 
inagmfier, finely grooved, and rough, fig. 8 
thoje m the ctrcunference JeJfle, thofe in ,hl f enter 
Jtandmg on foot-Jlalks. 
DOWN uneven, fcatliered, and fiilBlh, fig. p. 
blb^^tairat'dr "t S' w^r' 
the fame family. It mull be admitted; that many of the olantTof tN. t of fome other plant of 
firll light, whence the Undent is apt to conlider them as a difficult trihe^ “"-ich refemble one another at 
fimtlanty of hahit may be urged againfl the Hypocha-ris glabra whnev r b **“"over ftrongly the objeflion of a 
miftakeitforanyofher; tL floLis beingTmfSlfSl a pSn 
a filver threepence, while the heads containing the feeds are altoJrhi T I ^ .oxceedmg the lize of 
plant. This fimilarity of habit, may be one clufe why tffis plaS 
perhaps, is the Ihorttimc of the flowers expanfion, as ft does not ooen tillff P=«'0“lsrone, 
and fiiuts again about one or two In the afternoon. ^ ^ ^ ^ morning, 
Haller s account of the leeds of this plant is verv inft • fhn/p in *-R . u 
circnmfcrence none ; hence this plant unites thofe gfuera ' whofe ch'^ A^' '^'' and thofe in the 
I have found this fpecies ofHypecWf" r toSl^^^ T this circumflance. 
Wall, on the South-fide. By rI y it is mentioned trgrow on^ h^^^^^^ parucularly under Greenwich Park 
Kjngfionttni Richmond-, by Mr. Hudson, about BrlM- near Nm-w' I^ody, in the fields between 
though rarely, by Mr. Lightfoot. ’ Igctwich, by Mr. Pitchpokd; and in Scotland, 
It delights in a gravelly or fandy foil, and expofed fituation ; and flowers in June. 
