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II.OWERS Ol- ROCKS, WALLS, ETC. 



Lachiax, Pliny, is from lac, 

 milk, in allusion to the milky 

 juice it secretes. Wall Lettuce 

 is the only name by which it 

 is known. 



The ea|_;"le was said to 

 pluck the Wild Lettuce, with 

 the juice ot which it smeared 

 its eyes. 



ESSENTI.\L .Sl'KClMC- Cn.-\R- 

 .\( TERS: 



I S3. Lacliica w/z/vrZ/.s', Gaertn. 

 — .Stem slender, branched, 

 smooth, leaves lyrate, dentate, 

 terminal lobe larger, 3-angular, 

 panicle diffuse, llowerheads yel- 

 low, 5 tlorets, ecjual, fruit black, 

 compre.ssed beak shorter, pap- 

 pus pilose. 



Rampion (Camjianula 



R 



ipunculus. 



L.) 



Ramimon KCtniipatiula I\apunnilus, L. ) 



This })lant is known entirely 

 from its distribution at the pre- 

 sent day in the North Temp- 

 erate Zone, where it ranges 

 from Denmark southward (ex- 

 cept in Greece), in Europe 

 generally, N. Africa, W^. Siberia. 

 In Great Britain, Rampion is 

 hardly native in every county in 

 which it is found, but it occurs 

 in W. Cornwall, S. Somerset, 

 X. 1 I ants, W. .SLisse.x, the 

 1 hames e.xcept in luist Kent, 

 Oxford, v.. Suffolk. Norfolk, 

 Cambridge, Northampton, Here- 

 lord, W'orcester, Warwick, Staf- 

 ford, Carnar\'on, Denljigh, 

 Anglesea, Notts, S.L. Yorks, 



