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Pappi setaa fragiles, exteriores saspe fractaa videntur. Pappus 

 supra a me ex exemplis Hookeri Griflithiique descriptus est. 



Picridium Desf. (Bth. Gen. 753.) 



(1.) Picridium Tingitcmum Desf. in DC. VII. 182 incluso Pi- 

 cridio orientali DO. VII. 182. 



Caulis humilis saepe ramosus. Polia radicalia obovata pinnati- 

 fido runcinata aut acute serrata vel subintegra. Folia caulina 

 oblonga basi sessilia amplexicaulia, aut subnulla. Phyllaria 

 late elliptica acuta obtusave marginibus saape albido-scariosa, 

 exteriora plus minus laxa. 



Hab. In Punjab leg. Dr. Stewart. 



Distfibutio. In Affghanistan, Asia occidentali et omni regione 

 Mediterranea ad Mogador et insulas Macaronesias. 



Sonchus L. (Bth. Gen. 755.) 



(1.) Sonchus asper Vill. in Koch Synops. Flor. Germ. p. 371 



Miq. Flor. Ind. II. p. 113 Sonchus fallax Wallr. in DC. VII. 



p. 185 Sonchus ferox Wallich Cat. 3248. 

 Folia caulina ovali-oblonga integra runcinatave sessilia basi 



cordata auriculis rotundatis serratis. Phyllaria glabra aut 



puberula neque glanduloso-pilosa. Achenia valde compressa 



in utraque facie tristriata striis fere lasvibus inter strias punc- 



ticulata reticulata et submuricata. 

 Hab. In omni fere India a Burma ad Punjab : in Himalaya ad 



12,000 ped. alt. adscendens. In planitiebus mens. Dec.-April 



floret. 

 Distributio. In Malaya. In Affghanistan et Asia occidentaH. In 



omni Europa. In fere tota orbe terrarum inquihna. 

 (2.) Sonchus oleraceus L. in Koch Synops. Flor. Germ. p. 371 



Miq. Flor. Ind. II. p. 112 Eoxb. Flor. Ind. III. p. 402 Son- 



chus ciliatus Lam. in Wight Icon. t. 1141 et DC. VII. 185. 

 Sonchus Royleanus DC. VII. p. 184. Sonchus Cumbulus Ham. 



in Wallich Cat. 3252. Sonchus Walhchianus DC. VII. p. 185. 

 Folia caulina oblonga runcinato-pinnatifida integrave sessilia 



basi cordata auriculis acuminatis. Phyllaria glabra aut fere 



glabra. Achasnia compressa striata, striis rugosis, et mu- 



ricata. 

 Hab. In omni fere India sparsa : in Peninsula, in Burma : in 



Himalaya boreali-occidentali in Punjab : in India centrali. 



Mensibus Feb.-Maio praecipue florens. 



