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Fig. 226-A. Distribution of Dandelion. 



short scales, the inner of long, linear, erect scales in -a single row ; 

 after flowering the inner involucre closes, the fru^ is ripened 

 close to the ground, and when ripe the hollow scape elongates and 

 the whole involucre is reflexed permitting the wind to scatter the 

 "seeds;", "seeds" oblong, long-beaked, the beak being 2 or 3 times 

 as long as the remainder of the achene, bearing at the end the 

 pappus. ,V,, 



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Fig. 226-B. A patch of Dandelion in a lawn, early in June. 

 (Photographed by Charlotte M.. King.) 



