PLex.bal. 39. COMPOS1TJ5, A. 180. Lactuca. 41^ 



(3. planifolia. Lower leaves flat, lanceolate, oblong ; upper 

 leaves ovate, arrowshape ; akenia black. 



Lactuca intybacea, Ger. em. 307, 6, 



Lactuca angustifolia, Lamarck EncycL Meth. 3,402. 



Italian coss-lettuce. Endive-leaved lettuce. 



y. capitata. Lower leaves curled, wrinkled, slightly sinu= 

 ated, ribbed at bottbm; upper leaves oblong, arrowshape. 



Lactuca capitata, Ger. em. 307, 5. 



Lactuca angustifolia, Lamarck Encycl. Meth. 3, 402. 



Cabbage-lettuce. 



5". crispa. Lower leaves rounded, ovate, wrinkled, sinu- 

 ately lobed, keel hairy; upper leaves oblong, arrowshape^ 

 sinuately toothed. 



Lactu6a crispa, Ger. em. 306,3. 

 Curled-leaf lettuce. 



All the varieties are cultivated extensively. 



2. Lactuca sylvestris. ' Wild lettuceo 

 Leaves sinuately pinnatifid, embracing the stem, vertical j 



keel prickly ; tip pointed ; flowers loosely panicled. 



Lactuca sylvestris costa spinosa, Rail Syn. 161,2. 

 Lactiica sylvestris foliis dissectis, Ger. em. 309, 3. 

 Lactuca sylvestris laciniata, Park 814. 

 Lactuca scariola, Lin. S. P. 1119. 

 Lactuca sylvestris, Lamarck Enc. Meth, 3, 406^, 

 Mild-scented cut-leaved wild lettuce. 



Edges of fields on chalky soils ; annual ? August. 

 Herb glaucous ; bractece heartshape, pointed ; floivers 

 lemon yellow. 



3. Lactuca virosa. Strong-scented lettuce « 

 Ijeaves oblong, denticulate, horizontal ; keel prickly ; tip 



blunt. 



Lactuca sylvestris major odore opii, Raii Syri. 161, 1 : Ger. em. 309, 1. 

 Lactuca sylvestris endiviae foliis, odore viroso, Parfc. 813. 

 Lactuca virosa, Lin. S. P. 1119. 

 Cut lettuce. 



Chalky soils; biennial; August and September. 



Stem rod-like, 6 feet hig'h, panicled above ; leaves glau- 

 cous, radical, many, reverse-ovate, undivided ; flouiers sul- 

 phur-colour, scarcely longer than the pericline. — Juice in-*' 

 spissated is narcotic, 



3. integrifolia. Leaves not cut. 



Lactuca sjlvcstris, folio non laciniato, Raii Syn. 162,3d 

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