-ov-vetlexal,—tray 10-20 mm. tall, the bracts scarious-marsined; Shewere—ellowp> 
3, Taraxacum (Haller) Ludv. 
- AP bev 
Perennial or biennial herbs with mney —juice—ane leaves in a basal tuft, 
the heads solitary upon erect naked hollow peduncles. Involucres of several 
series of herbaceous overlapping bracts, the outer reflexed, the innermost 
series erect, the receptacle flat, naked. Flowers yellow. Achenes columnar, 
4—5-angled, 6-10-ribbed, spinulose at the apex, attenuate into a threadlike 
beak which bears the soft white pappus. 
1. T. vulgare 4 Dandelion. Glabrous or sparingly pubescent with 
sort white hairs, the leaves most variable, 5-20 cm. long, prevailingly oblonge =/ 
lanceolate, irregularly pinnatirid or toothed, the teeth or lobes very acute, 
more or less deltoid, commonly curving downwards, the principal teeth or lobes 
interspersed with numerous smaller ones; peduncles 5-30 cm. long, depending 
upon the size of the plant; involucre ovoid-cylindrical, consisting of 5-5 
series of oblong-lanceolate glabrous bracts, ati innermost series reourved> 
achenes brown, the body 2-2.5 mm. lons, spinulose toward the apex, the beak 
and paprus white and shining. (Leontodon aS SOR Pew esnaiscocemsrammeahecmanecanemeeaenaeammeaa 
fqusntley | 
A very familiar weed of waste ;laces anda around habitations, occurring 
ereqrestty in burns; introduced from Surope. A 
