Pl.ex.cal. 3fl. COMPOSITE, A. 181. Sonchus. 4ii) 



Stem 8 feet high, pipey; leaves pointed, bald; panicle 

 many-flowered ; pericline black. 



3. Sonchus arvensis. Field sowthistle. 

 Root creeping ; leaves runcinate, heartshape at the base, 



doubly fringed ; peduncles and pericline hispid ; calathides 

 few, panicled. 



Sonchus repens, multis hieracium majus, Rail Syn. 163,7. 

 Sonchus arborescens, Ger. em. 294, 8. 

 Sonchus arvensis, Lin. S. P. 1116. 

 Tree sowthistle. 



Clay-fields and woods ; perennial ; August. 

 Root milky ; stem 4 feet high ; calathides very large ; 

 Jlowers yellow. 



4. Sonchus oleraceus. Kitchen-garden sowthistle. 

 Leaves oblong, lanceolate, embracing the stem, slightly 



sinuated ; edge fringed ; peduncles rather nappy ; periqline 

 bald ; calathides panicled. 



Sonchus laevis, Raii Syn. 162, 1 ; Ger. em. 292, 3. 

 Sonchus laevis vulgaris, Park. 805. 

 Sonchus oleraceus, Lin. S. P. 1 116. 

 Sonchus ciliatus, Lamarck Ft. Gall. 287. 

 Hares'' lettuce. Smooth thistle. 



Cultivated places ; annual ; July to September. 



Root fusiform; stem much branched; leaves bald; pe- 

 duncles white ; wool deciduous. — Herb much sought after 

 by hares and rabbits ; gathered for tame ones ; used by 

 some as a potherb and in salads. 



^. latifolius. Leaves broad. 



Sonchus laevis minor, paucioribus laciniis, Raii Syn. 163,2. 

 Sonchus laevis latifoliis, Ger. em, 292, 4. 



y. laciniatiis. Leaves sinuated more than usual. 



Sonchus asper laciniatus, Raii Syn. 163,3; Park. 804. 

 Sonchus asperior, Ger. em. 291, 2. 



S". integrifolius. Leaves not sinuated. 



Sonchus asper non laciniatus, Raii Syn. 163, 4. 



Sonchus asper, Ger, em. 291, 1. 



Sonchus asper niajor non laciniatus, Park. 803. 



£. sulrotundus. Leaves roundish. 



Sonchus subrotundo folio nostras, laevissimis spinulis circa foliorum 

 oras exasperatus, DiUen in Raii Syn. 163, 5. 



K. angustifoliiLS. Leaves narrow, oblong, very thorny on 

 the edges. 



Sonchus a.^\iy^Kiy.arjKog angusto et oblongo folio nostras, per foliorum 

 ainbituni creberrimis spinulis asperatus, Dillen in Raii Syn. 163,7. 



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