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leaves. It has as vet been noted in this state only in the Milk 

 River region and, as far as my observation goes, only in a single 

 locality in the town of Glasgow. Its abundance and decided weed 

 habit may hereafter make it a pest in that region. Although the 

 type locality, it is doubtless introduced here from the southern 

 plains. 



123. ^SYMPHYTUM OFFICINALE, L. Comfrey. 



A large coarse European perennial sparingly introduced in 

 waste places about Bozeman. 



Fig. 19, Taraxacum officinale, Weber. Plant about Vi natural size. 



124. TARAXACUM OFFICINALE, Weber. Dandelion. 



A perennial of European origin, with a long, deeply penetrat- 

 ing root which makes it difficult to eradicate. It has a cluster of 

 lobed ground leaves from which arise the slender flower stalks 

 with yellow flowers and round balls of plumose fruit, which are 

 carried long distances by the wind. One of the worst weeds in the 

 state in lawns, waste places and pastures about the larger towns, 



