484 71. COMPOSITE : CICHORIACE^. 



There are cultivated specimens of the lettuce from various 

 parts of China in the Kew Herbarium. 



13. Lactuca sibirica, Maxim, in Mel. Biol. ix. p. 357 ; Fran- 

 chet, PI. David, p. 187. 



Mulgedium sibiricum, Less. Syn. Comp. p. 142; DC. Prodr. vii. p. 249 ; 

 Ledeb. FL Ross. ii. p. 843. 



Sonchus sibiricus, Linn. Sp. PL ed. 1, p. 795 ; Bretschn. Early Res. 

 p. 160. 



CniHLi : Jehol and near Peking (David ex Franchet); Shing- 

 ktng : Laoyehling and other hills near Moukden {James !) ; 

 Corea : Gensan (Perry !). Herb. Kew. 



North-eastern Europe to Mandshuria. 



14. Lactnca sororia, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. ii. 

 p. 189 ; Maxim, in Mel. Biol. ix. p. 358. 



Formosa : Kelung (Ford !) ; Hupeh : Ichang and immediate 

 neighbourhood (A. Henry !). Herb. Kew. 

 Japan. 



15. Lactuca stolonifera, Maxim, in Mel. Biol. ix. p. 364; 

 Franchet in Mem. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 231. 



Shantung: Chefoo (Fauvel ex Franchet); Coreaw Archi- 

 pelago : Port Hamilton (Wilford !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 

 Japan. 



16. Lactuca tatarica, G. A. Mey. Enum. PI. Cauc. p. 56; 

 Maxim, in Mel. Biol. ix. p. 357 ; Kanitz, Bot. Pes. Szech. Centr. 

 As. Exped. p. 9 ; Franchet, PI. David, p. 188 ; BZook.f. Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. iii. p. 408. 



Mulgedium tataricum, DC. Prodr. vii. p. 248; Maxim. Ind. Fl. Pek. 

 m Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 473. 



Sonchus tataricus, Linn. Mant. p. 572. 



Sonchus lactucoides, Bunge, Enum. PI. Chin. Bor. p. 40. 



Chihli: near Peking (Bunge ! Hancock I Bretschneiderl), 

 Jehol (David ex Franchet); Kanstjh (ex Kanitz). Herb. 

 Kew. 



Southern Eussia to North India and Mandshuria. 



17. Lactuca Thunbergiana, Maxim, in Mel. Biol.ix. p. 361. 

 Ixens Thunbergiana, A. Gray, Bot. Jap. in Mem. Amer. Acad. n. s. vi. 



p. 39/ . 



Prenantb.es dentata, Thunb. FL Jap. p. 301. 



