432 SYNGENESIA : POL YG AMI A ^QUALIS. 



LEONTODON. Gen. pL gi2. 

 Recept, nudum. Cal. imbricatus fquamis laxiufculis. 

 Pappus plumofus. 

 taraxacum LEONTODON calyce fquamis inferne reflexis, 

 I, foliis runcinatis denticulatis Isevibus. Lin.fyjt. 



nat, p, 521. Sp. pL 1 122. {Ger, em. 290./. i. 

 Pet. herh. t. u.f.y.S. Moris, hiji. f. -]. t. S.f. 

 I. ordinis medii. Blackwell t. 501. bona.) 

 Dandelion. Anglis. 

 Am bcarnan-bride. Gaulis. 

 In meadows and paftures common. 'H, V. VI. 

 The floral flalks are fmooth, tender, fucculent, fif- 

 tular, and bear each a fingle yellow flower. The 

 fcales of the calyx are fmooth, the exterior and 

 lowermofl: ones reflexed. The feeds are acutely 

 elliptical, rough, and crown'd wirh a Ample down, 

 fupported on a pedicle, and therefore has not 

 properly the chara6lers of this genus, 



vahdojum* ^^ varies In marfhy grounds with leaves intire, or 

 only indented on the edges, which fome authors 

 make a diflind fpccies. {yid. fcofoli Flor. CarnioL 

 n. 958. /. 48.) 



This we obferv'd on the fides of the mountains in 

 ide of Skye^ in moift places. 



The plant has a bitter milky juice, and a remark- 

 able diuretic quality. 



The young leaves in the fpring, when bianch'd and 

 tender, are adiiiired by many as a fallad. They 



are 



