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Fig. 226-A. Distribution of Dandelion. 



short scales, the inner of long, linear, erect scales in a single row; 

 after flowering the inner involucre closes, the fruit is ripened 

 close to the ground, and when ripe the hollow scape elongates and 

 the whole involucre is reflexed permitting the wind to scatter the 

 "seeds;" "seeds" oblong, long-beaked, the beak being 2 or 3 times 

 as long as the remainder of the achene, bearing at the end the 

 pappus. 



Fig. 226-B. A patch of Dandelion in a lawn, early in June. 

 (Photographed by Charlotte M. Kins.) 



