. Flowers of the field. Botany. COMPOSITE FAMILY 2S9 terminal, almost umbellate, corymb, large, yellow ; -peduiuhs wiLh stellate down, slender, stiff, bracteate; involucre usually dark green, glabrous, with recurved tips.—Stony thickets ; common.— Fl. July—September. Perennial. 42. (Cat's-ear).—Plants with a milky juice ; leaves all radical, pinnatifid ; bracts many, imbricate, oblong : receptacle flat, seal}' ; florets all ligulate, yellow ; jruit rough, beaked ; pappus. THRJNXIA NUDICAL LIS {Haiyy Tkruicia). of I row of feathery hairs, usually with an outer row of short bristles.
. Flowers of the field. Botany. COMPOSITE FAMILY 2S9 terminal, almost umbellate, corymb, large, yellow ; -peduiuhs wiLh stellate down, slender, stiff, bracteate; involucre usually dark green, glabrous, with recurved tips.—Stony thickets ; common.— Fl. July—September. Perennial. 42. (Cat's-ear).—Plants with a milky juice ; leaves all radical, pinnatifid ; bracts many, imbricate, oblong : receptacle flat, seal}' ; florets all ligulate, yellow ; jruit rough, beaked ; pappus. THRJNXIA NUDICAL LIS {Haiyy Tkruicia). of I row of feathery hairs, usually with an outer row of short bristles. (Name of Greek origin, supposed to indicate its fitness for hogs.) 1. H. glabra (Smooth Cat's-ear).— An almost glabrous plant, 3— 10 in. high ; leaves spreading in a circle on the ground, oblong; scapes several, branched; heads small, yellow; involucre as long as the florets.— Dry gravelly places ; not common.—Fl. June— August. Annual. 2. H. radicdta (Long-rooted Cat's-ear).—A hispid plant, about a foot high; leaves all radical, blunt, sinuats, or runcinateiy pin- u. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Johns, C. A. (Charles Alexander), 1811-1874. London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
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