Prenanihes. syngenesia aequalis. 403 



smooth. Leaves piniiatiiii], and sagittate, stem-clasping, fine- 

 ly-toothed. 



Compare with Prenanihes sonchifolia. Willd. iii. 1541. 



Teling. Eatrinta. 



This species is much more common than the last described, 

 it deliohts in the same soil. It flowers during the same sea- 

 son, is also annual, branchy, and about the same size. 



Leaves approximate, stem-clasping, much enlarged at the 

 base, the lower ones pinnatifid, the upper ones sagittate ; all 

 are prickle-toothed, both sides smooth ; size various. Flow- 

 ers as in the last described species. Cattle are fond of it and 

 it yields a milky juice on being- wounded. 



LACTUCA. Schreh. gen. N. 1234. 

 Calyx imbricated, cylindric, with a membranaceous mar- 

 gin. Receptacle naked. Seeds even, with a simple stipitate 

 pappus. 



L. sativa. Willd. iii. 1523. 



Leaves rounded, cauline leaves cordate. Stem corymbed. 



Pers. Kahoo. 



Arab. Khuss. 



Native place uncertain, but it is common in gardens in In- 

 dia, Persia, and the neighbouring countries, and like most of 

 the plants of this class, succeeds best during the dry season. 



PRENANTHES. Schreb. gen. N. 1236. 



Calyx calycled. Florets in a single row. Pappus sim- 

 ple, sub-sessile. Receptacle naked. 



1. P. acanlis. Roxb. 



Herbaceous, stemless. Leaves radical, sessile, linear-Ian- 

 ceolar, smooth and entire. Scape four or five-flowered, much 

 shorter than the leaves. Florets eiaht. 



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