71. COMPOSITE: CTCHOEIACE.E. 487 



Chthli : Peking (ex Maximowicz), Jehol (David, 2172, ex 

 Franchet) ; Hitpeh : Patung district (A. Henry I). Herb. Kew. 

 Also in Mandshuria. 



1. Sonchus arvensis, Linn. Sp. PL ed. 1, p. 793 ; PC. Prodr. 

 vii. p. 187 ; Boiss. Fl. Or. iii. p. 798 ; Herder in PI. Badd. iii. 4. 

 p. 46, var. uliginosa ; Hook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 414. 



Sonchus uliginosus, Bieberst. Fl. Taur. Caucas. iii. p. 525; DC. Prodr. 

 vii. p. 186; Maxim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 473; Franchet, 

 PI. David, p. 189. 



Sonchus brachyotus, DC. Prodr. vii. p. 186 ; Debeaux, Fl. Tchef. p. 91 ; 

 Fl. Tients. p. 27, et Fl. Shangh. p. 39 ; Franchet in M6m. Soc. Sc. Nat. 

 Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 231. 



Chihli to Hupeh, Hongkong, and Formosa, apparently- 

 common (Bretschneider ! Oldham ! A. Henry ! aud others). Mus. 

 Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



Generally dispersed in temperate and subtropical regions, both 

 north and south, but it is impossible to define the area to which 

 it is even probably indigenous. 



2. Sonchus asper, Vill. FL Dauph. iii. p. 158 ; Hook. f. Fl. 

 Brit. Ind. iii. p. 414 ; Franchet, PL David, p. 189. 



Shensi (David ex Franchet). 



This is, perhaps, nearly as widely dispersed as the foregoing 

 and S. oleraceus, yet we have seen no Chinese specimens. It is 

 believed to be indigenous in New Zealand and Australia as well 

 as in the northern hemisphere. 



3. Sonchus lactucoides, Bunge, Enurn. PL Chin. Bor. p. 40; 

 DC. Prodr. vii. p. 189. 



Chihli : near Kantai (Bunge !), near Peking (Swinhoe, hb. 

 Hance, 6534 !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



4. Sonchus oleraceus, Linn. Sp. PL ed. 1, p. 794 ; DC. Prodr. 

 vii. p. 185 ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 194 ; Debeaux, Fl. Tchef. 

 P- 91 ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 414. 



Sonchus ciliatus, Lam. Fl. Frang. ii. p. 87 ; DC. Prodr. vii. p. 185. 



Kiangstt to Hupeh, Hongkong, and Foemosa (Maingay ! 

 Oldham I A. Henry] Hinds I and others). Mus. Brit.; Herb. 

 Kew. 



Now equally as widely dispersed as arvensis, and it is as un- 

 certain where it is really indigenous. 



