112 COMPOSITE. 



It would not be surprising if this Lettuce were indigenous 

 on St. Vincent's Rocks ; and no one can say that it is 

 not still existing on one or more of the ledges overlooking 

 the Avon. Or can it, — together with the many other 

 herbs, medicinal and culinary, which abound upon the 

 rocks, — trace its descent to the herb-garden of the 

 legendary anchorite whose hermitage was in the cave 

 called " Giant's Hole ' ? 



482. L. muralis, DC. 



Native ; on rocky banks and old walls, frequent. 



G. St. Vincent's Rocks, and bank of Avon. Old walls 

 about Clifton and Redlaud. 



S. Eocks and walls about Leigh Wood, Abbot's Leigh, 

 and bank of Avon. Clapton. Clevedon. Croscombe 

 and Emborrow near Wells. Yatton. VII. 



TARAXACUM, Juss. 



483. T. officinale, Wigg. Dandelion. 



Native ; in waste or cultivated ground everywhere. Uni- 

 versally distributed. III. — X. 

 SONCHUS, L. 



484. S. oleraceus, L. SotvtMstie. 



Native ; in borders of fields and waste places, very common. 



v.— IX. 



485. S. asper, Ho^m. SowtimtU. 



Native ; with the last, and as common. V. — IX. 



486. S. arvensis, L. Com Sowthistle. 



Native ; in cornfields and damp waste ground, common. 



VIII. IX. 



(S. palustris, L. Bank of Avon at Crew's Hole, and 

 Conham ; Dr. Stephens in Swete, Fl. 44. Reported to 

 us also from the same locality ; but there is no doubt 

 that a tall and luxuriant form of S. arvensis which 



