i!06 45. COMPOSITE. 



E. Receptacle generally imthout scales. Pappus JUiform, • decidu-' 

 6us,.neverfeath&y,,nor, dilated, at ihebase.. Fruit coinpressed. 



' '" 42. Li:cTtr'oA iinm. ■' Lettuce.' 



* Beak. long ) white. Leaves <lmtMa bristly keel. ij-i'i 



■ 1. L. salig'na (L.) ; upper I. linear entire acuminate witli a 

 sagit|^g^llie, base, lower 1. ,pifinatifi.d, ,pfak twice a^, long, as tlx^friMt. 

 ^St. 2 feet higjh, slender, wavy, slightly branched, i He.ads-in. 

 sniall.alternate tufts forming jongjclustej'p.; Flpwe;!;$ yellow. — -i 

 Ghalky places and, pe,a,r the s6a., B, VII. VIII. , i., E. 



2. L. mrdsa (L.) ; 7. hbrizontal oblong auricled and clasping 

 ftiuCronate-dentate or sinuate, beak equalling the black fruit. — Sti' 

 i-^-A feet high, leafy, branched above, panicled. Heads scattered, 

 mth many heartshaped acute; bracts. Plant full of acrid milky 

 juiee,^^Dry banks. B. VII. VIII. Acrid Littuce. E. S. 



3. L. Scariola (L.) ; I. upright arrowshaped at the'base and 

 clasping ,s«m«efe, Sea^ equallirhg the pale fruit. — St. 2^6 (feet 

 high, leafy, panicled. iHeads scattered, with many heartshaped 

 acute bracts, i Juice rather; lessr acrid) itjidn ini Sp. ;2. — Waste 

 places, rare. ,B. VII. VIII. t Prickly. Lettuce. ;- E.' 



** Seak short. Leaved rvith a' smooth keel. 

 ' ,'4'^ L. muralis (DC); florets 5, 1. lyrateTrvincin^te anglgd,, and 

 toothed clasping,. ,ier;niiiafl Ipbe largest,' be(ik much shorter than 

 ihje frxiit, heads pajiicled.i — Prenanthes Sm. — St. erect, a foot 

 high, smooth,- round, hollow. Flowers 'bright yellow. Erid^ 

 black.— Banks and old walls. A.? VII.'' '" '' ' 'lE'.'i. 



43. Leon'todon Linn. 'Dandelion. 



1. L. Tarax'actim (L.^ ; 1. runcinate toothed, £r. , lineax-obo- 

 Vate' blunt and murioate 'at the top longitudinally striate, with a 

 long beak. — Stalls single-headed,' radical, hollow. Fl. yellow. 

 L. all radical,' 've^ ' Variable, glabrous 6t slightly hispid. — 

 I. Oilte'r phyll reflexed or patent.^u. L. Tafaxacum ("Sm. ) ; outer 

 phyll. linear deflexed inner oriis simple at tip, fr. yellow its upper 

 half murieate, glabrous or woolly 'at the crq'^n of the i'bot, 1'. 

 runcinate broad. — (i. Taraxacam laiiigatum (T)0.) ;' outer phylJ. 

 erect-patent ovate inner gibbous or appendaged at tip, fr. reddish 

 yellow murica,te,at Ijba top, beak -sjsdtb a thick«ie_4 and coloured 

 tase, 1. runcinate-pinnatifid with unequal teeth. — y. T. etythro- 

 ipe/r-ikiini (DC); miter phyll. lanceolate adpressed or patent inkei- 

 gibbous or appendaged at tip, fr. bright red milricate at the 

 topj beak with a thickehed and coloured base,'l. runcinate- 

 pinnatifid -with unequal teeth and intermediate ■ smaller ones. 

 Lo-wermosi 1. sometimes' obovate and dentate' (or runcinate 

 when it becomes T. obovatum DC). — II. Outer phyll. adpressed. 



