Hypochæris

(Bot.) A genus of European plants, order Asteracese. H. radiata, or Long-rooted Cat's-ear, is extremely common in meadows and pastures. Its leaves are all radical; and, spread on the ground, resemble in form those of the dandelion, but are rough; the stem is branched; the flowers not unlike those of the dandelion, but smaller. Cattle eat this plant readily, and its abundance is not deemed injuri. ous to pasture or fodder. Hypochlorite, n. [Gr. hypochloros, greenish.] ( Min .) A brittle, green mineral, found with native bismuth and cobalt ores in various mines in Saxony. It contains silica, alumina, oxides of bismuth and iron and phosphoric acid.