208 45. COMPOSITE. 



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

 base, 1. runoinate-pinnatifid with unequal teeth and intennediate 

 smaller ones. Lowermost 1. sometimes obovate and dentate 

 (or runeinate when it becomes T. obovatum DC). Sy. JE. B. 

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

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

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

 or runeinate ; or outer phyll. ovate-lanceolate, or (i. leptocepha- 

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

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



44. Son'ohtjs Linn. Sowtbistle. 



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

 ing, auricles spreading arrowshaped, fr, transversely rvgose and 

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

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

 stalked. Fl. yellow. — Common. A. VI. — VIII. Sowthistle. 



E. S. I. 



2. S. as' per (Hofiin.); 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. S. 2765, 2766.— St. 2—3 feet high. L. crisped, lower 

 stalked. PI. yellow. — Common. A. VT. — VIII. Sowthistle. 



E. S. I. 



3. S. arven'sis (L.) ; 1. lanceolate runeinate sharply toothed 

 cordate at the base, uppermost 1. entire, st. simple, heads corym- 

 bose, inv. and ped. glandular-hairy, fr. with transversely rugose 

 ribs, creeping. — E. B. 674. — St. 3 — 4 feet high, leafy. L. long, 

 acute. Heads large, fl. yellow. — Fields and waste ground, also 

 in fens. P. VIH. IX. Corn-Sowthistle. - E. S. I. 



4. S. palus'tris (L.) ; 1. linear-lanceolate all acutely arrow- 

 shaped denticulate, lower 1. long with 2 — 4 linear-lanceolate 

 lobes, St. simple, heads corymbose, inv. and ped. glandular-hairy, 

 fr. with finely rugose ribs, no stoles. — E. B. 935. — St. 4 — 6 feet 

 high, leafy. Fl. lemon-coloured. — Marshes, very rare. P. VIE. 



vm. E. 



45. Mtjlge'ditjm Cass. 



1. M. alpinnm (Less.) ; 1. glabrous lyrate an-owshaped at the 

 base, terminal lobe large triangular-hastate acute, st. simple, 

 heads racemose, bracts ped. and inv. glandular-hairy, fr. oblong 

 not attenuate with many ribs. — Sonchus cceruleus Sm. E. B. 

 "ii^o. — St 3 feet high, glabrous below, leafy. L. gradually 



