Chapter C: INTYBUS, L. Stem-leaves oblong or lanceolate, partly clasping, the

lowest runcinate, those of the rigid flowering branches minute.--Roadsides; N. Eng. to Iowa and Minn. July--Oct. (Nat. from Eu.)

86. TRAGOPOGON, L. GOAT'S-BEARD.

Heads many-flowered. Involucre simple, of several erect lanceolate attenuate equal scales. Achenes narrowly fusiform, 5--10-ribbed, long-beaked; pappus of numerous long-plumose bristles.--Stout glabrous biennials or perennials, with entire grass-like clasping leaves and large solitary heads of yellow or purple flowers. (Name from [Greek: tra/gos], _goat_, and [Greek: po/gon], _beard_.)

T. PORRIFOLIUS, L. (SALSIFY. OYSTER-PLANT.) Stem 2--3 deg. high; peduncle thickened and fistulous below the head; flowers purple; achenes and pappus 3' long.--Sparingly escaped from cultivation. (Nat. from Eu.)

T. PRATENSIS, L. (GOAT'S-BEARD.) Very similar; leaves somewhat broader at base; peduncle little thickened; flowers yellow.--Fields, etc., N. Eng. to N. J. and Minn. (Nat. from Eu.)

87. LEONTODON, L., Juss. HAWKBIT.

Heads many-flowered. Involucre scarcely imbricated, but with several bractlets at the base. Achenes spindle-shaped, striate, all alike; pappus persistent, composed of plumose bristles which are enlarged and flattened toward the base.--Low and stemless perennials, with toothed or pinnatifid root-leaves, and scapes bearing one or more yellow heads. (Name from [Greek: le/on], _a lion_, and [Greek: o)dou/s], _a tooth_, in allusion to the toothed leaves.)--The following belongs to the subgenus OPORINIA, with a tawny pappus of a single row of equal bristles.