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420. BARKHAUSIA. 



somewhat corymbose. Root-L. stalked, lyrato- 

 pinnatiparfite. Div. oblong, dentate. Stem- 

 L. veiy few, sessile, p. 4-9. Bry hills. Palermo. 

 Gaeta. 



^. balbisiana. Phyll. not hispid. 



8. spatulata. " Smooth. Stem branched : 

 upper part nearly naked. Root-L. spatulato- 

 oblong : upper pai't retrorsely denticulate. 

 Stem-L. very few, sessile, lanceolate, quite en- 

 tire. Branches 1 -flowered. Scales few. Cal. 

 hairy. Outer PhyU. half or one-third as long 

 as inner, erect, acute, with a narrow scariose 

 margin, p. 11-5. Clmj. Sic." — Guss. 



9. csespitosa. " Rhizoma tufted. Stems 

 simple, 1 -flowered, or with 1-2 1 -flowered 

 branches. Lower L. obversely lanceolate or 

 spatulate, somewhat repando-dentate ; upper 

 linear, entire. Buds drooping. Phyll. hirtu- 

 lo-pubescent : outer narrow linear, lanceolate. 

 Seeds with 10 or 12 stripes, at last a little 

 shorter than the calyx. Pits of the Recept. 

 fringed, p. 6. Calc. rocks. Monte Ohone 

 in Sard."— Moris. 



b. Annual or biennial. 



10. setosa. Phyll. and Bracts armed with 

 prickle-like spines. Outer PhyU. lanceolate, 

 spreading. Stem erect, branched, leafy. L. 

 dentato- or lyrato-runcinate : upper sagittate, 

 inciso-dentate at base, or quite entire. FL- 

 buds erect, a. 7, 8. Fields and vineyards, s. 

 G. s. Fr. Italy. 



11. leontodontoides. PhyU. and Bracts 

 smooth. Outer PhyU. lineari-subulate. Seeds 

 with 10 stripes. Stem branched, with only a 

 few, linear, entire L. PI. -stalks long. b. 5, 6. 

 Woods and thickets. Lig. Sic. 



C. Outer Seeds without a beak or with a short 

 one ; inner with a long one. Outer Fhyl- 

 laries small. 



12. rubra. Outer PhyU. lanceolate, acu- 

 minate, smooth ; inner shorter than the cen- 

 tral seeds. Stem leafy at base, branched, 

 naked at top. Root-L. pinnatifido-runcinate, 

 stalked. Stem-L. sessUe, lanceolate, incise at 

 tase. M. pink. a. 6, 7. Pastures and way- 

 sides. K. Nap. Nice ? Osero. Mtp. ? Agen ? 



13. glandulosa. Cal. and Stalk rough 

 with glandular hairs. Stem quite simple at 

 base, corymbose. Lower L. runcinate, stalked ; 

 upper lanceolate, sagittate, sessile, dentate at 

 base. a. 4-6. Bry calc. Bocco di Falco, 

 Nap. Catania. 



14. foetida. Hispid. Fl. drooping in the 



bud. PhyU. hairy : the outer lanceolate. Seeds 

 with 12-20 stripes. Stem corjmibose. L. 

 acutely runcinato-pinnatifid : lower stalted ; 

 upper hastato-lanceolate, incise at the base. a. 

 Bry fields and borders. 



15. rhseadifolia. Rough. PhyU. glan- 

 dular and viUoso-hispid. Stem branched, dif- 

 fuse. L. runcinate. Div. acuminate, acutely 

 dentate, a, 6, 7. Brunn in Moravia. 



16. bellidifolia. " Outer PhyU. narrow, 

 lanceolato-Unear ; ianer longer than central 

 seeds. Seeds with 10 stripes. Lower L. en- 

 tire or runcinato-pinnatifid; middle amicled, 

 or sometimes sagittate ; upper linear, entire. 

 Fl.-buds drooping, a. 4, 5. Sandy shores and 

 uncult. Sard." — Moris. The description 

 does not distinguish this from the preceding. 

 BC. puts it with the species where all the 

 seeds are equally beaked, which, according to 

 Moris, is not the case. 



sardoa, Sprengel. ] 

 pinguis, RcHB. 

 juvenalis, Delile. 

 prostrata, Dumont. 

 tenerrima, Tenore. 



Not weU known. 



Tribe XIII. CHONBHILLFM 

 421. PH^NOPUS. 



1. vimineus. Stem terete, smooth. 



Lower L. pinnatipartite ; upper undivided : all 



decurrent. Fl. in a spike-Uke raceme, b. 



7, 8. Stony vineyards, ^c. s. Fr. s. e. G. 



/3. ramosissimus. {Prenanthes ramosissimus, 



AiLiONi.) Branches spinescent. Sandy 



shores. Nice. 



422. LACTUCA. 

 A.. Outer Phyll. about half as long as inner. 



i. Seed with a single elevated line on each 

 side. Mowers blue or purple. Stem 

 erect in all. 



1. perennis. Smooth. Stem nearly naked 

 at top, with a loose, corymbose panicle. All 

 L. pinnatipartite. Stalks long, bracteolate. p. 

 6, 7. Open rough hills, m. and s. Eur. 



2. tenerrima. Sometimes hispid at base. 

 Branches divaricate. Lower !L. lyrato-pinna- 

 tipartite; uppermost sagittate, entire. Fl.- 

 stalks nearly without bracts, p. Pocky hills. 

 Narb. Rous. 



3. cichoriifolia. Smooth. Stem nearly 



