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Tribe 10. Mutisiea. This tribe includes all the Composite 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. LIGULIFLOK^;. All the florets are ; limb of the corolla 5- 

 toothed and ligulate (Fig. 466 A). 



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

 vessels (p. 142). 



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

 Laduca tativa is the Lettuce : L. Scariola, virosa, and others are common in 

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

 rifolius is the Salsafy ; T. pratensis, the Goafs-beard, is common. Cichorium 

 Intybus, 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 Hypochseris (Cat's-ear), Arnoseris (Lamb's Succory), Leontodon 

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

 beard), Lapsana (Nipplewort), Picris. 



