252 composite, (composite family.) 



ribbed or angled, muricate on the ribs ; the apex abruptly produced into a long 

 beak. Pappns of copious white hairs. — Stemless perennial Kerbs. Scapes hol- 

 low, bearing a single head of yellow flowers. Leaves all radical* oblong or 

 lanceolate, entire or pinnatifid. 



1. T. Dens-leonis, Dcsf. Leaves pinnatifid, the lobes acute, toothed; 

 beads showy. — Damp soil, sparingly naturalized. 



88. PYRRHOPAPPUS, DC. 



Heads many-flowered. Involucre double, of numerous subulate scales ; the 

 inner ones erect and partially united, often with a callous appendage at the apex. 

 Receptacle flat, naked. Achenia oblong, nearly terete, 5-furrowed ; the apex 

 narrowed into a long filiform beak. Pappus of copious soft reddish or brownish 

 Kairs. — Smooth annual herbs. Leaves oblong or lanceolate, commonly toothed 

 or pinnatifid. Heads solitary, terminating the naked stem or peduncle-like 

 branches. Flowers yellow. 



1. P. Carolinianus, DC. Stem branching; leaves lanceolate, mostly 

 toothed or pinnatifid ; achenia shorter than the filiform beak. (Borkhansia, 

 Ell.) — Fields, Florida to Mississippi, and northward. April - July. — Stem 

 1 °-2° high. 



89. LACTUCA, L. Lbttugb. 



Heads few- or many-flowered. Scales of the cylindrical involucre imbricated ; 

 the outer ones short. Receptacle naked. Achenia compressed parallel to the 

 scales, smooth, abruptly narrowed into a filiform beak. Pappus of copious soft 

 whin; hairs. — Tall herbs, with entire or pinnatifid leaves. Heads paniculate. 

 Flowers white, purple, blue, or yellow. 



1. L. elongata, Mubl. Smooth or nearly so; stem tall (4° -8°), simple 

 or paniculate; leaves elongated, lanceolate, sessile or partly clasping ; the upper 

 ones mostly entire ; the lower pinnatifid ; panicle long, leafless ; flowers yellow. 

 — Var. intkghifolia. Leaves all undivided, or the lowest pinnatifid ; flowers 

 yellow or purplish. — Var. graminifolia. Smaller (2°- 3°), leaves linear or 

 linear-lanceolate, rather rigid, all entire, or the, lowest ones sparingly toothed 

 or pinnatifid ; flowers purple. — Dry soil, Florida, and northward. .Inly- Sept. 



90. MULGEDIUM, Cass. 

 Heads many-flowered. Scales of the involucre imbricated, the outer ones 



short. Receptacle naked. Achenia Bmooth, Laterally compressed, narrowed into 

 a short beak, which is expanded into a dliate disk at the apex. Pappus of co- 

 pious white or tawny hairs. — Tall herbs. Leaves pinnatilid Or undivided. 



Flowers mostly blue. 



* Pappus lohiU . 

 l. M. acuminatum, DC. Smooth; stem panicled above ; leavesovate 

 or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, toothed, on winged petioles, the lowest some- 

 -innate lob.-d j heads mccmed, on spreading peduncles. (Sonchus, Ell) 



