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434 SYiNGENESIA : POLYGAMfA ^QUALIS.
The radical leaves are numerous, rough, dry and
faplcfs, lanceolate, and either fparingly indented,
or more commonly laciniated half way to the
rib : the lacini^ acute, and growing larger by
degrees towards tlie end of the leaf, which is
terminated with a triangular one. Thefe leaves
are covered with white rigid hairs, which are bi-
fid and trifid at the top. 1 he fiora*l ftalks are firm,
hairv, deftitute of leaves, e'ght or ten inches
high, and terminated each with a fingle yellow
flower. The calyx is hairy. The exterior Carets
greenifh or olive-color'd on the under fide. The
feeds are longer than the down and ftriated : the
down is plumofe and flands on a fliort pedicle.
*rhat variety with leaves almofl: entire, or only fpa-
ringly indented, growls in dry mountainous and
(tony places.
The flowers generally op?n about four o'clock in
the morning, and fhut up at three in the after-
noon.
HIERACIUM. Gen. pi. 913.
Recept. nudum. Cal. imbricatus, ovat\is. Pappus
fimpkx, feflilis.
* Scapo ntido unijloro.
alpinum i HER ACTUM foliis oblongis integris dentatis, fca-
po fubnudo uniHoro, calyce pilofo. Sp.pl. 1124.
Raj. Syticp. p. i6ij. I. 6. f. 2. Moris, hifi. f. 7. A
7./. 5. bona. Pet. herb. t. 11./. 2 ^ fig. voji.)
Alpine Hawkweed. Jnglis. 1
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