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comp6sit.e 



applied by the unobservant to many otlt^r yellow-flowered mem- 

 bers of the Order. Meadows ; abundant. The dandelion is a 

 valuable medicine, and is also eaten as a salad. — Fl. IMarch — 

 October. Perennial. 



i.ACTi'xA Ml'ic.O.is (l7'V-h'a"'Lii Dcitucc). 



46. I.Acri'iCA (T.ettuce). — Erect, leafy herbs, with a milky juice; 

 leaves scattered, the upper ones often a.uricled ; heads generally 

 small, in a panicle, yellow ; hracis imbricate, the outer shorter ; 

 receptacle Hal, naked ; florets usually few*; jntit flattened, gener- 



