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EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN. 



Fig. 242. 



Common Dandelion. Taraxacum officinale 

 Weber. {Taraxacum Taraxacum (L.) Karst.) 

 Leaves, very variable, coarsely lobed and 

 toothed; heads large (3-5 cm. broad), orange- 

 yellow. See account of the following species. 



Fig. 243 (211). 



Red-seeded Dandelion. Taraxacum ery- 

 throspermum Andrz. Leaves, small, deeply 

 lobed, segments narrow, juice milky; compared 

 with the next species, heads smaller, 2-3 cm. 

 broad, sulphur yellow, the inner bracts fwith 

 horn-shaped appendages; achenes smaller; 

 bright red or red-brown, sharply prickled above. 



