184? Class XIX. Order I. 



dozen florets, surrounded with a dull reddish down. Woods, 

 low land, kc. Perennial. 



219. LACTUCA. 

 LACTUCA ELOXGATA. Miild. Tall Lettuce. Fire weed. 



Leaves smooth, the lower ones rimcinate, clasp- 

 ing ; the upper ones lanceolate, sessile ; flowers 

 panicled. 



This plant, I am informed, is sure to appear in great abun- 

 dance on grounds which are newly burnt over, and on this account 

 it has received the name of Fire weed in the interior. The 

 whole plant is lactescent. Stem erect, four or five feet high. 

 Lower leaves long, spreading, runcinate, clasping the stem. 

 Upper leaves sessile. The stem terminates in a large, spread- 

 ing panicle of yellow flowers, which remain expanded but a 

 short time. July. August. 



220. HIERACIUM. 

 HIERACIUM VENOSUM. L. Veiny leaved Hawlciveed. 



Scape naked, branching ; calyx smooth ; leaves 

 ohovate, somewhat acute, entire, ciliate, their veins 

 coloured. Willd. 



A singular and beautiful plant, found upon dry hills and 

 pastures. Leaves radical, spreading on the ground, narrow- 

 obovate, elegantly variegated with dark red veins and dots, 

 downy underneath, somewhat ciliate, tapering into a short, hairy 

 petiole. Scape erect, slender, one or two feet high, of a dark 

 brown colour, smooth, commonly naked, but sometimes furnish- 

 ed with a Small leaf or two. Flowers panicled, on very slender 

 stalks, yellow. June, July. Perennial. 



