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common. This is the only form that I have as yet observed in 
Wilts. Localities for T. pratensis (L.) have been reported me by 
several correspondents, but am not sure whether they may not all 
be referrible to T. minor. There is, no reason however, why we 
should not have both species. 
Picris, (Linn.) Picris. 
Linn. Cl. xix. Ord. i. 
Name. From (pikros,} bitter, as are many of this tribe. 
1. P. hieracioites (Linn.) Hawk-weed Picris. Engl. Bot. ¢. 196. 
Locality. On dry banks, road-sides, and borders of fields, on a 
gravelly or chalky soil. B. Fl. July, September. Area, 1. 2. 3. 
4. 5. Generally distributed. Whole piant hispid, with strong 
spreading bristles. 
Heraiwtana, (Juss.) Ox-TONGUE. 
Linn. Cl. xix. Ord. 1. 
Name. From (Helminthion) Gr: a small kind of worm; which 
the rugose seeds somewhat resemble. ; 
1. H. echioides (Geert.) echium-like Picris, bristly Ox-tongue. 
Engi. Bot. ¢. 972. 
Locality. On the borders of corn-fields, ditch banks, and by road- 
sides on clay soil. A. Fi. July, September. Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 
Rather local in the Districts. Stem 2 to 3 feet high, clothed with 
rigid spines, trifid and recurved at the apex, arising from tuber- 
cular bases. A nearly smooth variety of this plant is represented 
in Hermann’s Paradisus Batavus, p. 185. 
Lacruca, (Linn.) Lerruce. 
Linn. Cl. xix. Ord. i. 
Named from Jac, milk; which flows from this and many plants 
of the tribe, when broken. 
1. L. muralis, (DC.) wall Lettuce; from murus (Lat.) a wall. 
Prenanthes Smith. Engl. Bot. t. 457. 
_ Locality. Banks in woods, old chalk-pits, and banks of hollow 
‘anes; where there is shade; chiefly on chalk or loam. A. (P. 
Smith), Fv. July. Area, 1. 2.3. 4.* Very local in Wilts, and 
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