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Fruits narrowed at the top, but without any distinct beak-~ 
(or stalk) below the pappus-hairs. | 
bien'nis.~ 
Fruits (at least the central ones) long-beaked. 
All the fruits with a long beak; small outer bracts of, 
the flower-heads wide, white-edged. | 
taraxacifolia.- 
~The outermost fruits of the head scarcely beaked ; the-~ 
small outer bracts narrow and pointed. 
foe'tida.” 
CRO'CUS. 
cr lagers appearing in spring, when the leaves are~ 
grown (a). ver nus. | 
~Flowers blooming in autumn, after the leaves have all | 
faded (6). nudiflo’rus.~ 
CUS'CUTA. 
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Corolla with pointed lobes, its throat almost closed by- 
conspicuous, incurved, fringed scales. 
Epithy’mum. Lesser Dodder/ 
~Corolla with short, widish lobes, the scales small, not 
bent inwards, inconspicuous. 
Corolla nearly twice as long as the calyx, not swollen. 
f until some time after it opens. 
q europe’a. Greater Dodder- 
Calyx reaching up to the lobes of the corolla, which is 
much swollen. 
Epili/num. Flax Dodder~ 
CYNOGLOS'SUM. 
Leaves covered with very soft hairs, those at the middle. 
of the stem narrowed at their base. 
officinale. Hound’s-tongue~ 
-Leaves harsh with short, stiff hairs, those at the middle of 
the stem abrupt at their base. 
monta/num. 
DAPH'NE. 
Leaves evergreen, leathery, almost without stalks; flowers 
greenish, in the angles of the upper leaves. 
Laure’ola. Spurge Laurel ~ 
Leaves thin, stalked, not appearing till after the pink~ 
flowers, and above them. | 
Meze'reum. J/ezereon.~ 
