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LACTU'CA. 
Only 5 (or 4) florets in each flower-head; leaves witha, < P 
[ wide lobe at the end ; fruit longer than its beak. ) 
muralis. Wall Lettuce. 
rach head containing 6-12 florets; beak equalling or 
exceeding the fruit. 
Leaves (usually) with fine, sharp teeth ; flower-stalks 
f spreading ; beak about equal to the fruit. J 
Scariola 
“Upper leaves very narrow, not toothed ; flower-stalks. 
very short, erect; beak 2 or 3 times as long as the 
fruit. salig’na. 
LA’MIUM. 
ES OMers yellow; lower lip of corolla evidently 3-lobed ;- 
| anthers not hairy. 
L Galeob’dolon. Ye//ow ene, 
‘Corolla not yellow, its lower lip with a minute tooth on | 
each side; anthers hairy. 
_Flowers red-purple, all near the top of the stem ; 
corolla-tube not swollen near its base. 
fae teeth erect, very short; bracts under the~ 
flowers all without stalks. 
amplexicaule. Hendit. J 
Pe teeth spreading; the bracts under the lower 
flowers with a short stalk. , 
purpw’ reum. Red Dead-nettle. J 
“Corolla large, the tube swollen and curved. 
Flowers white, the corolla-tube constricted and then, 
f suddenly swollen above its base. ; 
al’oum. White Dead-nettle. 
~Flowers red or spotted ; leaves usually variegated 
with white patches. ) 
macula'tum. Sfotted ae 
LATH’YRUS. 
eae 
Flowers yellow. 
-Leaves with 2 narrow leaflets, as well as the stipules at 
the base. } 
praten'sis. M7eadow Vetchling. 
~Leaves without real leaflets, only the 2 wide, angular- 
based stipules, and a tendril. , 
Aphiaca. Yel/ow V. sichling. 
\ Flowers more or less pink, or purple, or white. 
