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toothed clasping, terminal lobe largest, beak much shorter than 

 thefrmt, heads panicled. — PreTianthes L. E. B. 457. — St. erect, 

 a foot high, smooth, round, hollow. Flowers "bright yellow. 

 Fruit black. — Banks and old walls. P. VII. E. I. 



43. Tarax'actjm Juss. Dandelion. 



1. T. officindle (Wigg.) ; 1. runcinate toothed, fr. linear-obo- 

 vate blunt and muricate at the top longitudinally striate with a 

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

 L. all radical, very variable, glabrous or slightly hispid. — 

 I. Outer phyll. reflexed or patent. — a. Leontodon Taraxacum 

 (L.) ; (mter phyll, linear deflexed inner ones simple at tip, fr. 

 yellow its upper half muricate, crown of the root glabrous or 

 woolly, 1. runcinate broad. — E. B. 510. — j3. T. lavigatum (DC.) ; 

 outer phyll. erect-patent ovate, inner gibbous or appehdaged at 

 tip, fr. reddish yeUow muricate at the top, beak with a thick- 

 ened and coloured base, 1. runcinate-pinnatifid with unequal 

 teeth. — y. T. erythrospermum (DO.); out^r phyll. lanceolate ad- 

 pressed or patent, inner gibbous or appendaged at tip, fr. bright 

 red muricate at the top, beak with a thickened and coloured 

 base, 1. runcinate-pinnatifid with unequal teeth and intermediate 

 smaller ones. Lowermost 1. sometimes obovate and dentate 

 (or runcinate when it becomes T. obovatum DO.). iSy. E. B. 

 803. — II. Outer phyll. adpressed. — 8. L. palustre (Sm.) ; outer 

 phyll. ovate-acuminate, inner simple at tip, fr. pale yellow or 

 brown muricate at the top, 1. oblong and entire sinuate-dentate 

 or runcinate ; or outer phyll. ovate-lanceolate, or (Z. leptocepha- 

 lum R.) lanceolate. E. B. 553. — Very common; y in dry places, 

 fi in bogs or damp places. P. III. — X. E. S. I. 



44. Son'chus lAnn. Sowthistle. 



1. 8. oUrdceus (L.) ; 1. undivided or pinnatifid toothed clasp- 

 ing, auricles spreading arrowshaped, fr . transversely rugose and 

 longitudinally ribbed, st. branched, heads subumbellate, inv. 

 glabrous.— -S. B. 843.— St. 2—3 feet high. L. flattish, lower 

 stalked. Fl. yeUow. — Oommon. A. VI. — VIEI. Sowthistle. 



E. S. I. 



2. S. as'per (S.oSm.) ; 1. undivided or pinnatifid sharply tooth- 

 ed clasping, auricles rounded, fr. longitudinally ribbed not trans- 

 versely rugose, st. branched, heads subumbellate, inv. glabrous. 

 —E. B. 8. 2765, 2766.— St. 2—3 feet high. L. crisped, lower 

 stalked. Fl. yellow. — Oommon. A. VI. — ^VIII. Sowthistle. 



E. S. I. 



3. 8. arven'ds (L.) ; 1. lanceolate runcinate sharply toothed 



