Crepis tectorum. Smooth Succory-Ha wkweed. 
CREPIS Lin. Gen. PI. Syngenesia Polygamia asqualis. 
Recept. nudum. Cal. calyculatus, fquamis deciduis. Pappas plumofus, ffipitatus. 
Ran Syn. Gen. 6 . Heebje flore composito, natura pleno lactescentes. 
CREPIS teSarm .foliis ^lancedlato-runcinatis feffilibus lmvibus, inferioribus dentatis. Lin. SyJI. Vegetat, 
p. boo. bp. P/.p. u 3J , Fl.Suec.n.’j oj. * * * 4 * 6 * * * * 11 
HEDYPNOIS team caule fbliofo ramofo foliis runcinatis nudis, radicalibns Ianceolatis, caulinis 
lagittatis acutis feffihbus. Hudfon. FI. Angl.ed. 2. p. 341. 
CREPIS foliis ad terram pinnatis, fuperne amplexicaulibus pinnatis haftatis. Haller. Hill. n. 31. 
CREPIS teBorum. Scopoli FI. Carn. n. 954. 
HIERACIUM luteum glabrum five minus hirfutum. I. B. II. 1024. 
CICHOREUM pratenfe luteum kevius. Baub. Pin. 126. Park. 778. 
HIERACIUM aphacoides. Ger. em. 297. 
HIERACIUM foliis et facie chondrillas. Parkinf. 794 . Rail Syn. p. , 65. Smooth Succory Hawkweed. 
JLigbtjoot bl. Scot. p. 440. 
RADIX annua, fimplex, parum fibrofa, defendens, 
lutefcens. 
CAULIS pedalis, bipedalis et ultra, ere&us, angulato- 
ftriatus, nunc glaber, nunc hirlutulus, prjefer- 
tim inferne, liepe purpureus, foliofus, ra- 
liiofus. 
FOLIA valde variabilia, ftepe tota glabra, alias utrinque. 
hirfutula, radicalia taraxaci perfimilia, fed paulo • 
anguftiora, nervo medio fuperne purpureo, cau- ' 
lina amplexicaulia, acuta, varie dentata, ra- i 
mea fubintegra, linearia, fubfagittata, margi- i 
nibus revolutis. ; 
FLORES inter minores hujus familise, flavi, laxe corym- ■ 
bofi. : . 
CALYX communis duplex, exterior breviffimus, patulus, | 
interior fubcylindraceus, fimplex, fulcatus, t 
fquamis eredtis, linearibus, conniventibus, aequa- 1 
libus, longitudinaliter pilis globuliferis hifpi- 4 
dulis, fquamas ad bafin quinque aut plures, | 
fubulatae, breves, insquales, laxas, pariter f 
hifpidulae. 4 
4 
COROLLA compofita, imbricata; Corollulis herma - 1 
ph roditis, plurimis, squalibus, propria mono- t 
petala, truncata, quinquedentata, fubtus ple-| 
rumque purpurea, jig. i. $ 
STAMINA: Filamenta quinque, capillaria, brevif-| 
fima. Anthera cylindracea, tubulofa,^-. 2. 4 
PISTILLUM: Germen fubovatum. Stylus fili-^ 
formis, longitudine flaminum. Stigmata f 
duo, reflexa, Jig. 3. 4 
SEMINA viginti et ultra in fingulo capitulo, fufca, ftriata ; | 
Pappus femine longior, felfilisj fimplex, Jig. 4 . 4 
Tne great variety of appearances to which this plant is fubjedl, in common with many others of the fame clafs 
Has occalioned no Iraall confufion among botanifts, efpecially the older ones, who have divided it into feveral fpecies-’ 
even modern botanifts, and thofe of the firft charadter, have confeffed the difficulty of diftinguiffiing it in its various 
itates. .Linnaeus exclaims. Nulla planta hac vulgatior, nulla magis firuBura et facie varians, nulla magis confufis 
Jynonyni/s. H a ller writes, Infuperabtles tenebra fynonyma obducunt : and Scopoli fays, Melius diceretur Crepis varia 
i erhaps nothing ffiort of repeated obfervation will enable a botanift to diftinguiffi the fame plant in its various 
itates, eipecially fuch as are fubjedt to fuch unufual variations ; yet there is frequently fome charadter not liable to 
be altered by difference of ioil and fituation, which, if pointed out, will be of great fervice in direfting thofe who 
may not have plants conftantly before them. Ray obferves, that the flowers, heads, and feeds of this plant are 
imafler than thofe of any other Engliffi Hawkweed, the Hyojeris excepted (he might have added the Hypocharis 
glabraj. To the fmallnefs of the flowers, &c. may be joined the ftrudure of the calyx and the ftem clafping 
leaves ; and when it is known to be a plant growing generally in this country on dry banks, in paftures, and on 
walls, we flatter ourfelves. there will be little difficulty, with the affiftance of our figure, which reprefents the 
plant of its medium fize, in diftinguiffiing it at all times. 
1 1 flowers from June to September. 
Mr. Hudson has thought proper to remove it from the genus Crepis of Linn^us, with which it muft be owned 
it does not well accord, and make it an Hedypnois ; yet it does not very well agree with the character he himfelf has 
given of that genus ; for the pappus can fcarcely be faid to be fubplumofus, unlefs very highly magnified. 
; ROOT annual, Ample, furniffied with few fibres, de- 
feending, yellowiffi. 
STALK from one to two feet high or more, upright, 
fomewhat angular and finely grooved, fome- 
times perfedtly fmooth, fometimesa little hairy, 
efpecially towards the bafe, often purple, leafy, 
and branched. 
LEAVES extremely variable, fometimes perfeaiy fmooth, 
fometimes {lightly hirfute on both fides, thofe 
next the root very like the leaves of dandelion, 
but a little narrower, the midrib purpleon the up- 
per fide, thofe of the ftalk embracing the ftalk, 
pointed, and varioufly indented, thofe of the 
branches nearly entire, linear and fomewhat 
arrow-ffiaped, the edges rolled back. 
FLOWERS fmaller than moft of this family, yellow, 
and growing loofely in a kind of corymbus. 
CALYX common to all the florets double, the exterior 
one very ffiort and lpreading, the interior one 
fomewhat cylindrical, fimple, and grooved, the 
feales upright, linear, connivent, equal, longi- 
tudinally befet with ftiff hairs, having a little 
globule at their extremities, the feales at 
the bafe are about five or more in number, 
fubulate, ffiort, unequal, loofe, and like the 
others {lightly hifpid. 
COROLLA compound, and imbricated ; Florets herma- 
phrodite, numerous and equal, each Angle 
floret monopetalous, truncated, having five 
teeth, and for the moft part purple beneath, fig. 1. 
STAMINA: five, very fliort, capillary Filaments. 
Anthers united into a cylindrical tube, fg. 2. 
PISTILLUM: Germen fomewhat ovate. Style fili- 
form, the length of the ftamina. Stigmata 
two, turned back, fig. 3. 
SEEDS twenty or more in each head, brown, and finely 
grooved ; Doivn longer than the feed, feffile, 
and fimple, fig. 4. 
