COMPOSITE. 



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naked at top. Pan. lax, coiymbose. Lower 

 L. attenuate, acuminate, ruucinato - dentate. 

 Teeth somewhat retrorse. Uppermost L. lan- 

 ceolato-linear, sagittate, quite entire. Stallis 

 bracteolate. far. of Sp.l? p. 6, 7- e. Pyr. 



4. seg^usiana. Smooth. Stem erect, much 

 branched. Lower L. attenuate, sessile ; upper L. 

 lineal', sagittate. Branches 1 -flowered, with 

 numerous bracts, b. Sill vineyards. Susa. 



ii. Seeds with many elevated stripes. Flowers 

 yellow. 



5. saligna. Stem smooth, panicled. L. 

 nearly vertical, prickly on keel : lower lanceo- 

 late, pinnatifid, Stem-L. linear, sagittate, 

 quite entire. Seeds half as long as white beak. 



a. (b. Koch.) Fields and borders. Likes a 

 little salt. 



6. Scariola. Pan. pyramidal. L. vertical, 

 prickly on the keel, runcinato-pinnatiiid, sagit- 

 tate, acute. Seeds striate, about as long as 

 white beak. a. b. 7, 8. Rough hills and 

 waysides. 



7. virosa. Pan. spreading. L, horizontal, 

 prickly on keel, acutely denticulate, obtuse, 

 sagittate. Lower L. sinuate. Seeds about as 

 long as white beak. a. b. 7, 8. Banks and 

 uncult. 



8. sativa. L. erect, oblong, attenuate, 

 smooth on keel. Stem long, leafy. Beak 

 white, about as long as seed. a. 6, 7. Es- 

 capes. 



9. stricta. Pan. corymbose. L. smooth 

 beneath. Koot- and lower L. rnncinato-lyrate, 

 dentate. Upper L. runcinato-pinnatiiid, at- 

 tenuate, sagittate. Divisions acuminate. Seeds 

 twice as long as black beak. b. 7, 8. Stony 

 hills. Tende. Rosslesen. e. G. 



10. sagittata. Pan. corymbose. L. smooth 

 beneath, sagittate : the points short. Root-L. 

 sinuato-dentate ; upper lanceolate, acuminate, 

 quite entire. Seed twice as long as black 

 beak. b. 7, 8. Woods. Brunn in Moravia. 



11. Chaixi. PI. in a raceme. L. smooth 

 beneath. Root-L. lyrato-runcinate. Stem-L. 

 lanceolate, sagittate, dentate. Seeds about twice 

 as long as black beak. a. Shade. Les Baux, 

 Rabon, and Chandun in Dau. 



12. longidentata. Pan. crowded. Root- 

 L. lanceolato-spatulate, attenuate into stallc. 

 Stem-L. amicled, decm-rent. Fl.-stalks brac- 

 teolate, 



b. 5. Calc. rocks, e. Sai'd. 



Seed twice as long as black beak. a. 



B. Older Fhyll. very minute. Calyx cylin- 

 drical. Beak distincl, but not half as long 

 as seed. 



13. muraljs. Smooth. Pan. broad and 

 lax. L. attenuate into a winged, amplexicaul 

 stalk, lyrato-pinnatipartite, toothed, thin : ter- 

 minal division angular, a. 7, 8. Woody. 

 Frenanthes muralis, Linn. 



423. TARAXACUM. 



A. Scape simple, \-fiowered. Seeds with long 

 Beaks. Outer Fhyllaries spreading. 



1. ofiB.cmale. Quite smooth. Seeds mu- 

 ricate at top. Phyll. without horns ; the outer 

 reflected, p. 5, 6. Meadows, 8fc. 



2. Isevigatum. " Nearly smooth. Seeds 

 pale, spinuloso-miu'icate at top. Phyll. callous 

 at the tip. Beak thickened at the base, longer 

 than seed. L. runcinato-pinnatipartite. Seg- 

 ments unequal, lanceolate, acuminate, some- 

 what dentate, p. Meadows, pastures, and dry 

 hills."— DC. 



3. cornicwlatum. Smooth. Seeds mu- 

 riculate at top. Phyll. horned below the tip. 

 Young Scales cottony at top. L. dentate or 

 somewhat runcinate. p. Sandy paMures. 

 Austria. — DC. Koch considers these three as 

 one species. 



4. serotinum. Phyll. linear, acuminate, 

 hornless. Seeds striate, narrowed at each end, 

 muriculate at top, nearly as long as beak. (Un- 

 coloured part of Beak as long as the seed and 

 coloured part, Koch.) L. rough on both sides, 

 and somewhat rigid ; the earliest nearly entire, 

 the rest runcinato-pinnatifid, with triangular 

 divisions, and acute forwaa'd teeth, p. 7-9. 

 F)ry clayey hills. Moravia. 



5. tenuifolium. Seeds Uneari-obovate, 

 squamoso-muricate at top. Uncoloured part 

 of Beak uot as long as the seed and coloured 

 part. L. lineari-lanceolate, entire or remotely 

 denticulate, p. 4, 5. Moist places. Salines 

 of Zaule near Trieste. 



6. erythrospermum. " Seeds intensely 

 rufous, spinuloso-mui'icate at the top. Beak 

 with a coloured, callous base. PhyU. some- 

 what horned. L. smooth, runcinato-pinnati- 

 partite. Lobes narrowly triangular or lanceo- 

 late, p. F)ry pastures. All Em-ope."— DC. 

 Frobably a var. of T. officinale or laevigatum. 



7. obovatnia. " Smooth. Seeds rufous, 

 mm'icate, half as long as beak. PhyU. cal- 

 loso-corniculate. Root-L. flat on the ground. 



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