SYNGENESIA. ZZQUALIS. Sonchus. 
segments ‘spear-shaped, variously curved, 2 or 3. pair, with 
a terminating one very long, smooth, finely toothed at the a 
_ the principal rib running near the inner edge; the : upper-leaves 
artow-spear-shaped, lengthened out into a long point. Floral. 
leaves aw\-shaped. Woopwarp. Bloss. yellow. 
Marsh Soawthistle. Wat tery places and banks of rivers ; on 
those of the ‘Thames about Greenwich, Blackwall, and Po oplar. 
P. July, Aug. 
S. Fruit-stalks cottony: calyxes smooth. 
E. bot. 843. 
Leaves closely embracing the stem. Fruit-stalks at length 
becoming smooth. Linn. Upper 5 ae frequently ja and 
ga like the mers but not s0 dee eply, Woopw. Flowers 
yellow, 
 Sowthistle, Hare’s Lettuce. Milkweed, 
Leaves smooth, the lower with winged 
clefts, the lower segments long. 
Curt. 123—Ger. 231. 5—Clus, ii. 146. 1-Dod. 643. 1-Lob. 
obs. 119.1, and ic, 1. 235. 2-Ger, em. 292. 3-H. ox. vii. 
3. 1—Pet. 14. 10-Ger. 230. 4Maith. 497. 
mon Sowthistle. Cultivated ground, especially in a fae 
oy dig-hl and hedges. A. June— 
Var iy tase fewer, the terminating one Seat and 
Very broad. Rar 
Fi. ag 692 Blak. eee 230, 3—Ger. em. 292. 4— 
» 8-7. Rg. . 1016. 1-H, Ok vii. 3, row le 
: abe “y) "ean: sof S. aspera. 
Var, 3. asper. Leaves prickly, jagged, shining on the upper 
coos es the edge 'w aved and set with thorny teeth ; the lower 
ded. 
Fl, dan. 843-Blackw. 30-Ger. 2 pear 229, 2-F. B. 
ii. 1016. 2—Fuchs. 675~Pet. 1 
Stem 2 to 3 feet highs upright, which, angular: the angles 
thin on ; ti with i Leaves with winged clefts ; 
sie + paths nate ah tor a 
Segments various! ing a 
to the mid.ib, the lower foe a foot long: mib-rib broad, 
White, and smooth. Frait-stalks soon losi fog cotton. Cal. 
scales each with 2 or 3 little thorns on the 
[Uncultivated ground, sides of roads and aes 
May, about the latter end. Sr. 
Var. 4. Leaves prickly, entire. Sr. 
t 
Fuchs. 674—Dod. 643. 3-Lob. obs. 118. 2. 3, and it. i. 235. 
1—Ger. em. 291, 2-7. B. ii. 1014, 2-Perk. 803. 1-H. 
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