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folia of some authors, not Lactuca integrifolia Bigel., is rare 

 or occasional with the typical form. 

 The plant is medicinal. 



Lactuca integrifolia Bigel. (entire-leaved). 



Lactuca sagittifolia of Britton's Manual in part. 



Rare. Roadsides and fields: Union (Bissell), Hartford 

 (A. W. Driggs), Seymour (Eames & C. K. Averill). Prob- 

 ably occurring at other localities, its distribution unknown. 

 July — Sept. 



Lactuca hirsuta Muhl. (hairy). 



Rare. Dry woods or fields : Groton, Montville and Water- 

 ford (Graves), Norwich (Mrs. E. E. Rogers), Ellington, 

 Bristol and Wolcott (Bissell), Southington (Andrews, Bis- 

 sell), Meriden (Andrews), Oxford and Southbury (Harger), 

 Stratford and Fairfield (Eames). July — Aug. 



Lactuca spicata (Lam.) Hitchc. (having spikes). 

 Lactuca leucophaea Gray. 

 Wild Blue Lettuce. 



Frequent. Roadsides, thickets and woodlands. Aug. — 

 Sept. 



Lactuca sativa L. (sown; planted). 

 Lettuce. 



Rare. Waste ground as an escape from cultivation : 

 Bridgeport (Eames). June — Aug. Fugitive from Europe. 



Well known as a salad plant. 



CREPIS L. Hawk's Beard. 

 Crepis capillaris (L.) Wallr. (hair-like). 

 Crepis virens L. 

 Crepis virens L., var. dentata Bisch. 



Rare. In grassland: Groton (Graves), North Stonington 

 and Norwich (Mrs. E. E. Rogers), Plainfield (J. L. Sheldon), 

 East Hartford (C. C. Hanmer), East Windsor (Bissell), 

 Oxford (Harger), Norwalk (G. P. Ells), Greenwich (W. E. 

 Wheelock) . Aug. — Sept. Adventive from Europe. 



Crepis tectorum L. (of dwellings). 



Rare. North Stonington (Mrs. E. E. Rogers). Sept. 

 Adventive from Europe. 



