botanically arranged. 475; 



LACTUCA. Linn. Gen. Plant. 814. 



Lactuca foliis laciniato-ensiformibus dentatis inermibus. Syst. 

 Nat. 



WILD LETTUCE. Milkweed. Blossoms yellow. About barns 

 and fields. August — September. 



The milky juice is said to possess the properties of opium. 

 It may be collected in shells, dried by a gentle heat, and made 

 into pills. 



PRENANTHES. Linn. Gen. Plant. 816. 



Prenanthes Jlosculis plurimis, floribus nutantibus subumbellatis, 

 foliis hastato-angulatis. Syst. Nat. 



IVYLEAF. Ivy-leafed Wild Lettuce. Snake-weed. Blossoms 

 white. By stone walls in rich moist land. August. 



LEONTODON. Linn. Gen. Plant. 817. 



Leontodon calyce inferne reflexo. Syst. Nat. 



DANDELION. Blossoms yellow. Grass land. May — Sept. 



The leaves, early in the spring, are much esteemed as a pot- 

 herb and in sallads. It is sometimes transplanted into gardens, 

 and blanched like endive. The French eat the roots and leaves 

 with bread and butter. It is in a considerable degree diuretic. 

 Boerhaave had a great opinion of the utility of this and other 

 lactescent plants in obstructions of the viscera. The expressed 

 juice is said to have been given, to the quantity of four ounces, 

 three or four times a day. 



HIERACIUM. Linn. Gen. Plant. 629. 

 Hieracium caule multifloro, foliis lyratis glabris, calyce pedun- 

 culisque hispidis. Syst. Nat. 



HA WKWEED. Blossoms yellow. About barns and rubbish. 



August. 



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