292 



comp6sit^ 



applied by the unobservant to many other yellow-flowered mem- 

 bers of the Order. Meadows ; abundant. The dandelion is a 

 valuable medicine, and is also eaten as a salad.— Fl. March- 

 October. Perennial. 



LACTUCA murXlis {Tvy-haved Lettuce). 



46. Lactuca (Lettuce).— Erect, leafy herbs, with a milky juice; 

 leaves scattered, the upper ones often auricled ; heads generally 

 small in a panicle, yellow ; hracis imbricate, the outer shorter ; 

 receptacle flat, naked ; iiorets usually few ; jmit flattened, gener- 



