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Tribe 10. Mutisu(e. This tribe includes all the Compositeo with a bilabiate 

 corolla : they come mostly from South America. Mutisia is one of the few 

 climbing genera : it climbs by means of leaf-tendrils. 



Sub-order III. Liguliflor^. All the florets are $ ; limb of the corolla 5- 

 toothed and ligulate (Fig. 466 A). 



Tribe 11. Cichoriece. Mostly herbs, all containing latex in laticiferous 

 vessels (p. 142). 



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

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

 waste places. Scorzonera hispatiica is eaten as a vegetable. Tragopogon por- 

 rifolim is the Salsafy ; T. pratensis, the Goat's-beard, is common. Cichorinm 

 Intijhus, the Chicory, is found by roadsides ; the roasted roots are mixed with 

 Coffee: C. Endivia (Endive) is a vegetable. To this tribe belong also the 

 British genera Hypochaeris (Cat's-ear), Arnoseris (Lamb's Succory), Leontodon 

 (Hawkbit), Hieracium (Hawkweed), Sonchus (Sow-Thistle), Crepis (Hawk's- 

 beard), Lapsana (Nipplewort), Picris. 



