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Crepis japonica, Benth. 



Crepis japonica, Benth., Fl. Hongk., p. 194; Hook., Fl. Brit. Intl., iii. p. 395. 

 Youngia lyrata, Cass., Opusc, iii. p. 86; DC, Prodr., vii. p. 192-193, spp. 1-8. 



Bermudas. Introduced. Waste ground — Lefroy. Not naturalised in North America, 



and apparently casual in the islands. 

 India and Eastern Asia. 



Taraxacum officinale, Wigg. 



Taraxacum officinale, Wigg., Prim. Fl. Hols., p. 56; Boiss., Fl. Or., iii. p. 787; Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. 



Ind., p. 384. 

 Taraxacum dens-leonis, Desf., Fl. Atl., ii. p. 228; Cliapm., Fl. Southern U.S., p. 252. 



Bermudas. — Introduced. Lane; Jones. 



Indigenous in both north and south temperate and cold regions, and one of the most 

 widely dispersed weeds of cultivation. 



Sonchus oleraceus, Linn. 



Sonchus oleraceus, Linn., Sp. PI., ed. 1, p. 794; Chapm., Fl. Southern U.S., p. 253; Griseb., Fl. 

 Brit. W. Ind., p. 384. 



• Bermudas. — Introduced. Common — Rein; Reade. 



Almost everywhere in both hemispheres except in the colder regions. 



Sonchus asper, Vill. 



Sonchus asper, Vill., Delph., iii. p. 158 ; Chapm., Fl. Southern U.S., p. 253 ; Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. 

 Ind, p. 385. 



Bermudas. — Introduced. Common — Rein ; Reade. 



Also very widely dispersed, and recorded as certainly indigenous in New Zealand, as 

 well as northern countries. 



GOODENOVIE.E. 

 Scaevola lobelia, Linn. 



Fra-rnhi h,h<lUi, Linn., Syst. Veg., ed. xiii. (Murray), p. 178, excl. syn. Rumph. ex Hiern in Oliv. Fl. 



Trop. Afr., iii. p. 462. 

 Sccevola plumieri, Vahl, Symb., ii. p. 36; Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 388; Chapm., Fl. Southern 



U.S., p. 256. 



Bermudas. — Indigenous. Abundant on the sea-shore — Rein ; Moseley ; Reade. 



A maritime shrub, common on the sea-shores of the warmer parts of America, Africa, 

 and Asia. 



