Lactuca. composit.i:. 805 



iitrinque o-9-nervia in rostrum lireve concolor sensiin 

 altenuata. Pappus a disco cito solutus. 



* Cyanicfe. 

 L adenophora. mulijedioides. Cataonica, scticn.spis. 



* * Xanthitife. 

 L sonchoides, deUoidca. 



§ 6. Quinqueflorse. — Gen. P//ff«o/?.'/.s Gass. — Gapilula quin- 

 quetlora. Achenia in rostrum sfepius abbreviatum atte- 

 nuaia. Pappi selte a disco solutfe. 



* Porennes. radice pr.Tmor.*^ 

 L muraJis, brcvivosiris. 



* * Biennes, radix f isiforrnis. 

 L acanthifoHa, viminea. 



• * * SuflVutescentes. 

 L. Orientalis, triquetra. 



^ 1. Tuberosae. 



\. L. Cretica (Desf. Gor. Tourn. 4-4, tab 34) j^laberrima glau- 

 cescens. radice tuberosa ovala inlerdum lobata, caule crasso simpMci 

 tereti folioso in paniculam terminalem racemosam aheunte. foliis 

 oblongo-lanceoiatis infimis in petiohim attenuatis cito emarcidis cnpte- 

 ris a basi semiamplexicauli plus minus manifeste aurieulala runcinato- 

 laciniatis denticiilatis rarius iildivisis, tloralibus s(iuam<T('ormibus 

 acuminatis, paniciiloe pedunculis crassis patentihus squamulosis bre- 

 vibus 1-2-cephalis, capitulis magnis ovato-cylindricis miiltilloris, 

 involucri phyllis latis ohtu.^^is imbricatis ab inlimis ovatis ad supe- 

 riora late linearia sensim auctis. tlosculis luteis. aclieniis nigris ova- 

 tis compressissimis abrupte mucronulatis subuninerviis rostro tenuis- 

 simo albo eis 2-3-plo Jongiore superatis 0. L. kucophaa Fl. Gr.TC. 

 VIII. p. 69. tab. 794. — L. CreVca sonchifolio flore pulchro Tourn. 

 Cor. 24. 



Ilat). in collibus et fruticetis regionis inferioris. Groecia in Peloponneso 

 (Bory). Attica (Sprun!, Orph !), Creta (Tonrn , Heldr!), Gydadibns (I^rv!, 

 Bourg!). Macedonia auslrali (Friv!). Lydia ad Smyrnam (Boiss! Bal!). Lycia 

 (Bonrg!), Cilicia (Bal!), Syria littorali fHl!). Palestina in Camielo (Boissl). FL 

 Mai. 



