SYNGENESIA POL YG AMI A JEQ. Leontodon. 223 



to Swediaur it is sedative, and diuretic, and useful in dropsy, 

 as opium often proves. See Mai. Bled. 



PRENANTHES. Wall-lettuce. 



P. murdlis. Ivy -leaved IV. Florets five. Leaves run- 

 cinate. E. B. 457- C. 5. 58. Sonchus Isevis mura- 

 lis. G. E. 293. 



Old walls, woods, chalky soil. Sm. On the top of Stanton Harcourt 

 Kitchen. Stokenchurch Woods. Sb. Mae^dalen College. 

 Long Wall, &c. R. W. 



Per. July. 



Plant smooth, brittle. Fi. bright yellow, small. Ls. wing-cleft, 

 with sharp lobes pointing backwards ; root-Is. on footstalks, the 

 rest embracing the stem. It varies with entire leaves on the 

 stem. Ls. often purplish beneath. Terminal lobe of the leaves 

 five-angled, three-lobed. Uppermost leaves spear-shaped. FL 

 buds drooping. 



LEO'NTODON.' Dandelion.\ 



L. Taraxacmn. Common D. Outer scales of the calyx 

 bent back. Leaves runcinate, toothed, smooth. E. B. 

 510. C. 1. 58. Taraxacum officinale. Sb. Dens 

 Leonis. G. E. 290. 



Meadows, pastures. 



Per. August. 



Plant stemless. Fl. solitary, large, bright yellow. Fl.-stalks 



simple, round, hollow, brittle. Whole plant milky, bitter. Fl. 



open in the morning, and in fine weather only. Down on a 



long footstalk. 



By culture, and especially by blanching, this herb sufficiently 

 mild to be eaten in a salad. Sm, Eng. Fl. Leaves early in 

 spring, an excellent ingi-edient in salads. The French eat the 

 roots, and blanched leaves, with bread and butter. Many of the 

 inhabitants of Minorca, subsisted on this plant, after the destruc- 

 tion of their harvest. Small birds fond of the seeds. An excellent 

 deobstruent in visceral obstructions. Mr. Purton recommends 

 prescribing with it, Fumaria officinalis. May be blanched by the 

 simple process of laying a tile upon the plant. Tylat. Med. in Extr. 

 and Decoct. 



( T. palustre. See Appendix. ) 



1 i. e. Lion's tooth, from Le6n, odous, Gr. 



2 Deyit de lion, Fr. From the supposed resemblance of the leaf, to the 

 tooth of the lion. 



