1496 CICHORIACEAE 
blades pinnate or irregularly pinnatifid, the segments entire or toothed; buda 
leaves narrower, deeply pinnatifid or ee toothe d; involucres 1-1.5 c 
long; inner bracts narrowly linea ar, acute; outer bra ear-su Pape A p? 
nearly 14 as long as the inner bracts: ligules bright-yellow. 1.5-2 long: 
achene-body 3.5-4 mm. long, r reddish, transversely wrinkled —Dry soil, hillsides, 
prairies, woods, cus E tch-banks, various provinces, N Fla. to Tex. and A 
(Mex.)—Spr. and s 
12. LEONTODON L. Perennial low caulescent herbs. Leaf-blades 
sinuate-toothed or runcinate-pinnatifid, or rarely entire. Heads solitary. In- 
voluere thick, scaly. Achene not much flattened. Pappus persistent. [Zaraz- 
acum Ludwig.]—About 30' species, in the Northern Hemisphere and South 
Ameriea.—Spr.-fall..—DANDELIONS. BLOW-BALLS. 
Inner involucral bracts unappendaged: achene brown or olive-green. 
1. L. Taracacum. 
Inner involucral bracts appendaged at the tip: achene red 
or red-brown. 2. L. erythrospermum. 
L. Taraxacum L. Leaf- blades d or coarsely pinnatifid, often lyrate, 
the lobes broad: nn haer. m. wide, the ligules orange-yellow: involucral 
acts green, t ong, reflex a 
br 
achene-body Te Boe near the top: 
pappas ie um Taraxacum S 
arst.]— open grounds, ast 
places and. E E U. S. and S. 
Can 
erythrospermum (Andr z.) Eiehw 
eroe pinnatifid or pate divided, 
runcinate, the lobes narrow: heads 2-3 em 
wide, the ligules light-yellow: involueral 
braets pc, the outer ones short, 
RAP spreading: acne ene -body 
harply a near the apex: pappus 
dirty. -white—Fields, lawns, and waste- 
places, various provinces 'N of Coastal 
Plain, N. C. to Tenn., Alb., and Me. Nat. of Eu. 
3. BRAC HUS DC. Annual, coarse herbs with branching 
stems. Leaves mainly basal or on the lower part of the stem. Leaf-blades 
sagittate-clasping, mostly pinnatifid 
lyrate-pinnatifid. Heads erect. MCA 
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haps a few other species, tropiea 
1. B. intybaceus (Jaeq.) D Stem 3-15 
dm. tall, glabrous: leaf- [Ados B teu 
those of the er leaves 1 g, 
edges or lobes spiny-toothed: heads solitary 
at the nodes, on slender sealy sta bra 
t involuer id M scarious- 
margined, the outer ova er linear 
th , the 
lanceolate: corollas a or ochrolene id 
aehene somewhat fusiform, abou 
