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erectus, minus quamin fequentibus virgatus. Folia inferi- 
ora rotundata, vel-etiam runcinato-lyrata; fumma cor- 
data, amplexicaulia, integerrima. Flores paniculati, brac- 
teati, fulphurei. | 
i Nallibi terrarum hodie fponte provenit, cultura 
forfan e proximis orta, Hujus varietates funt: L. ca, 
fitafa et crinpa Baun, laciniafa RorzH, pula Wirrn, 
plicata Bars, &c. 
2. L. virofa Liw: biennis, glauca, maxiuie lacte- 
fcens et foetens. Caulis erectus, virgatus, faepe acule- 
olis armatus, teres, parum foliofus, quadripedalis. .Fo- 
lia glabriufcula, horizontalia; radicalia plurima, obova- 
ta, finuata; caulina minora, amplexicaulia, fagittato- 
lanceolata, faepe lobata, mucronato-denticulata, cofta 
media fubtus pectinato-fpinulofa. Bractez cordatz, 
acute. Pedunculi fíquamati. Flores paniculati. An- 
thodium glabrum. Corolla fülphurea, vix calyce lon- 
ior. Semina ftriata, nigra; pappo fcabro. 
Ad fepes, muros &c. folo calcareo in variis Eu- 
ropae medize et meredionalis regionibus occurrit. Haec 
fine dubio, fi in re adhuc tam obfcura conjicere fas fit, 
efücacicfimum et copiofisfimum edit Lactucarium. 
- 3. £L. ftariola L1iN: biennis, glauca, inodora. Caulis 
faepe quadripedalis, aculeolis pallidis armatus, erectus, 
valde virgatus, foliofus.  F'olia fubverticalia, amplexi- 
caulia, fagittato-cordata, runcinato.pinnatifida, acuta, 
denticulata, fübtus cofta media pectinato-fpinuloía; fum- 
ma lanceolata, integrioria, fubtus  laevia. ^ Bracteze 
cordatzee, amplexicaules, acutze, integerrimze.  Pedun- 
culi breves, fquamati. Flores paniculati, ferotini, quat- 
a 
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Wiribus; quamvis EUM lisdem fine dubio gaudent. Cha- 
racteres e Linngi Ííyftemate Vegetabilium Ed, XVI curante 
Sprengel optime patent. 
