426 184.Barkhausia. 39. COMPOSITE, A. Plex.cal. 



BarkkaiLsiafoeiida. Stinking castor-weed. 



Stem hairy ; leaves runcinately pinnatifid, rough, sessile ; 

 upper lanceolate, deeply cut at the base; pericline ovate, 

 nappy. 



Hieraciutn castorei odore Monspeliensium, Raii Syn, 165, T. 

 Crepis fcetida, Lin. S. P. 1133. 

 Barkhausia fcEtida, Ma>nch Meth. 1133. 

 Picris fcetida, Lamarck FL Fran. 2, 108. 



Dry chalky pastures; biennial; June and July. 



Stem diffused, branched, hairy ; leaves runcinate pinna- 

 tifid; end lobe very large, deltoid; pec^zmc/e^ 1 -flowered, 

 thicker at top ; corolla yellow, reddish on the back. 



X. 185. TARAXACUM. Lonicerus. Dandelion. 



Bractece nearly equal, lanceolate, weak, in two series ; pe- 

 ricline oblong ; scales many, in one series, equal, lanceolate, 

 edge membranaceous; calathides many-flowered; clinan- 

 thus flat, pitted, bald ; akeiiium compressed, streaked length- 

 ways; pappus hairlike, stipitated, falling ofi\ — Root fusi- 

 form ; leaves radical ; scape naked, hollow ; calathides soli- 

 tar}'^, large ; corollcB yellow. 



1. Taraxacum officinale. Shop dandelion. 

 Leaves runcinate, bald ; lobes lanceolate, toothed ; brac- 

 tece reflexed. 



Dens leonis, Raii Syn. 170, 1 ; Ger. em. 290, 1. 

 Dens leonis vulgari.s, Park. 780. 

 Leontodon Taraxacum, Lin. S. P. 1 122. 

 Leontodon Dens leoHi^;, Lamarck Enc. Meth. 3,3A9. 

 Taraxacinn officinale, VilLars Dauph. 3,72. 

 Leontodon officinale, Wilheririg Bnt. /irr. ed. 4,679. 

 Leontodon viilgare, Lamarck FU Fran. 2, 113. 

 Piss-a-hed. 



Grass-lands and road-sides; perennial; Apr. to Sept. 



Leaves light green; calathides large; bractece nearly as 

 long as the pericline; akenium lemon-colour. — Blanched 

 leaves and the roots used in salads, very diuretic; juice 

 alterative. 



&. angustifolium. Leaves narrow, deeply cut ; akenium 

 reddish. 



Dens leonis angustioribus foliis, Raii Syn. 167,2; Park. 180. 



2. Taraxacum, Raii. Ray's dandelion. 

 Leaves lanceolate, sinuntely toothed, nearly bald; brac-^ 



iece short, upright^ closely pressed. 



