OF NOVA SCOTIA. PREST, 407 



which are heart-shaped at base, tender, sour, pleasant. Boil in 

 salt as before. Seeds winged, a somewhat triangular oval, 

 rounded at ends. 



In waste and cultivated lands, old roads, and lumber camps. 

 Generally distributed and abundant. 



^8. Taraxacum dens-leonis Desf. Dandelion. 



Low spreading leaves, 6 in. by 1 in., irregular, curve- toothed 

 margin, exudes a mikly juice when broken, very bitter, used as 

 green, boiled. Disagreeable to some on account of its rather 

 bitter taste. Flowers cluster gulden yellow, composite, 1 in. 

 across, on erect hollow tender stems 2 in. to 6 in. high, seeds 

 downy, closely packed on crown-shaped base to number of 100 

 to 150. 



Very abundant in and around all cultivated lands and roads. 



49. Ohenojjodiitm album L. Lamb's-quarters. 



5 in. to 13 in. high, erect and branching from a central stem. 

 Leaves 1 in. to 2 in. long, pale green, tender, juicy, glistening 

 mealy surface, oblong, pointed at both ends, irregular or notched 

 margin, palatable and pleasant. Boiled as a green for the table. 

 One of the best. 



Common in waste and cultiv^ated land, old clearings. Gen- 

 erally distributed. Abundant only in a few places. 



50. Oxahs Acetosella L. Common Wood-sorrel. 



Leaf and flower stalks spring from a creeping scaly root 

 growing along the surface or beneath the leaves and moss. 

 Leaves, 3 at top of each leaf stalk which is 2 in. to 3 in. high, 

 strongly heart-shaped with wide end toward stalk, h in. to | in. 

 across, slightly hairy above and below, juicy and sour. Parboil, 

 then boil whole plant with salt. Unimportant as a food. 

 Flowers 5 sepals, 5 petals, 10 stamens, white with pink veins, 

 1*^ in. to A in. across, each on a separate stalk 2 in. high. Seed 



