232 AN INTRODUCTION 
G HALPS ox, 
Of LACTESCENCE. 
ACTESCENCE, Milkinefs, is when a 
copious Juice flows outon any Injury 
done to the Plant. The Colour of the Li- 
quor is either, ; 
WHITE ; asin Euphorbia, Papaver, Aj~ 
clepias, Apocynum, Cynanchum, Campanula, 
Lobelia, Fafione, Acer, Selinum, Rhus, Cac- 
tus mamillaris, and the Semifio ofculo ofe Flowers 
of Tournefort *. 
YELLOW; as in Chelidonium, Bocconia, 
Sanguinaria, aad Cambogia ; or, 
RED; as in Rumex fanguinea. 
* Sonchus, Laétuca, &c. Thefe make one of the Claffes 
of Tournefort’s Inft. R. H. 
CHAP, 
