660 
Scari’ola. 
SYNGENESIA. EQUALIS. Lactuca. 
OXs vii, 2, row 3 5—Pet. 14, 4—Lonic. i. 93. 1—Dod. 643. s 
2—Lob. i¢. i, 234. 2—Ger. em. 291. 1-H. ox. vii. 2. 8. 
Fields, and in woods where the underwood has been cleared. 
July to Noy. 20. No other variety growing near ite 
ar. 5, Leaves inversely egg-shaped, tapering below into 
teste : 
Pluk. 61. 5—Pet. 14.1. 
Cornfields about London. 
Var. 6. Leaves strap-oblong, rounded at the end. 
luk. 62, A—Pet, 14, bs 
Var. 7 Stemless ; leaves spread on the ground, deeply 
win segments sharply tooth: 
if found this singular variety on Portland Island in the month 
of May. It had a yellow blossom, and the fruit-stalks and 
¢alyxes smooth, as in the other varieties of the Sonchus oleraceus, 
but the flowers sat close upon the root. This circumstance may 
possibly be the effect of its maritime situation, but if not, it 
may prove to be a new species, as is not improbable, because I 
have observed some other varieties assume thee usual habit, a and 
their usual size, when growing near the sea, only sometimes a 
whole plant, a. the blossom, in such situations, assumes 
urplish red_col 
LACTU’CA. esis naked : calyx tiled, cylin- 
drical,the scales membranaceous at the edge: 
down ‘hair-like, on a pedicle. 
L. A geek leaves upright, their mid-rib prickly on the 
back. 
E. bot. 268—Fuchs. 301-Dod. 646—Ger. em. 309. 3-F. B. ii- 
1003~Pet, 15. 3-H. ox. vii. 2. 17—Matth. 522-Lob. 
obs. 118. 1, and ic, i, 234—Park. 814, 2—Barr. 135- 
Trag. 259. 
Leaves, the lowermost also indented. Ray. Stem-/eaves 
constantly with deeper winged clefts than those of L. gare 
Elemeres. branches pointing upward, not ex g. Flowe 
Pedicle of the down much shorter. Woopw- ris 
Prickly, or Mild-scented Lettuce. On rubbish, sides of core 
ficlds, ditch banks, and sony ground. Isle of Ely. (Burr 
near Newmarket. Mr. Turner. }, 
The leaves are good ‘amongst other pot-herbs. They ait a very 
favourite food with hares and rabbits. Sheep, goats, and swine “eat it. 
Horses are not fondof it. The Apéis Sexchi lives upon it. 
