582 PART IV. CLASSIFICATION. 



Taraxacum officinale, the Dandelion, is the commonest of wild flowers. 

 Lactuca sativn is the Lettuce : L. Scariola, virosa, and others are common in 

 waste places. Scorzonera hispanica is eaten as a vegetable. Trayopoyon 

 porrifolius is the Salsafy; T. pratensis, the Goafs-beard, is common. Cicho- 

 rium Intybus, the Chicory, is found by roadsides; the roasted roots are 

 mixed with Coffee : C. Endivia (Endive) is a vegetable. To this tribe be- 

 long also the British genera Hypochseris (Cat's-ear), Arnoseris (Lamb's 

 Succory), Leontodon (Hawkbit), Hieracium (Hawkweed), Sonchus (Sow- 

 Thistle), Crepis (Hawk's-beard), Lapsana (Nipplewort), Picris. 



