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LII. COMPOSITE 
*Picris hieracioides, Linn . ; FI. Br. Ind. iii. 393. A herb, 
rough with stiff, hooked hairs; stems erect, 1-4 ft., robust, 
branched ; juice milky. Leaves alternate, narrowly lanceolate, 
3-8 in.: lower ones stalked, sinuate-toothed; upper smaller, stem- 
clasping, usually entire. Heads numerous, corymbose or panicu- 
late, ligulate, Ip-f; in. diam., on bracteate stalks. Involucral bracts 
narrow, black-hairy, inner ones equal, in one series, outer' many, 
shorter, spreading ; receptacle flat, naked ; flowers yellow ; pappus 
copious, white, feathery, in one series with a few short hairs at the 
base ; ligules long, spreading, 5-toothed. Achenes terete, smooth, 
narrowed to both ends, ribbed, transversely wrinkled, brown 
when ripe. 
Murree to Bhotan ; April-September. — Temperate Himalaya, 6000-8000 ft. 
- — W. Asia, N.r Africa, Europe (Britain). 
51. CREPIS. The classical name of a plant of this affinity, 
probably the Ox-tongue, Picris echioides. — N. temperate regions, 
rare in the tropics. 
Erect or nearly erect herbs. Leaves chiefly radical, usually 
pinnatifid ; upper ones alternate. Heads ligulate, in terminal 
corymbs. Involucral bracts usually many, with a few erect, smaller 
ones at the base ; receptacle flat, naked ; flowers yellow ; pappus 
white, soft, not feathery ; ligules long, spreading, 5-toothed. Achenes 
oblong, slender, finely ribbed, beaked except in G. japonica. 
Heads 1 in. diam. Involucral bracts many. Achenes 
beaked. 
Outer involucral bracts rough with hooked hairs. 
Hardened and keeled in fruit . . . . . 1. C. fcetida. 
Outer involucral bracts softly pubescent, fringed . . 2. C. sibirica. 
Heads £ in. diam. Involucral bracts 6-8. Achenes not 
beaked 3. C. japonica. 
*1. Crepis fcetida, Linn . ; FI. Br. Ind. iii. 393. Eough, 
branched from near the base ; branches 6-18 in., nearly erect or 
spreading. Lower leaves 2-6 in., pinnatifid, toothed, end lobe the 
largest ; upper leaves smaller, stem-clasping, toothed or entire. 
Heads long-stalked, \ in. diam. Involucral bracts many, outer 
ones rough with hooked hairs and becoming hardened and keeled 
in fruit ; bowers bright yellow. Outer achenes \ in., curved ; 
inner in., straight, finely ribbed ; beak long, very slender. 
W. Himalaya, in fields, 6000-8000 ft. ; April-September. — W. Asia, Europe 
(Britain). 
*2. Crepis sibirica, Linn . ; FI. Br. Ind. iii. 394. More or less 
rough ; stems robust, erect, 6-18 in. Lower leaves 6-12 in., 
stalked, pinnatifid, lobes rounded and finely toothed, end one the 
largest ; upper leaves smaller, narrowly lanceolate, stem-clasping. 
Heads few, long-stalked, 1 in. diam. Involucral bracts many, 
