612 COMPOSITAE 
4. Taraxacum californicum Munz & Jtn. California Dandelion. Fig. 6067. 
Taraxacum californicum Munz. & Jtn. Bull. etalon — $22/227.. 1925. 
Taraxacum ce mene nerne var. peices n. Fl. Pl. Calif. 1004, 1925. 
Root thick and dark, the crown sim Lil or sometimes divided into 2 short Crown, the herbage 
glabrous. pee asce ending o or widely spreading, bine mero , 5-12 cm. long, 1-3 cm. wide, obtuse 
to acutish, subentire to sinuate, dentate, rarely i aa incised, ls vhs ous and maid green; scape 
solitary to several, ascending, longer than the Pilea in fruit, labrou ; involucres broadly cylindric, 
high, nearly truncate at base; inner phyllaries ae “or corniculate ly obscurely 
so; outer phyllaries ovate-lanceolate, barely half as long as the inner, glab flow ellow, 
erect or nearly so, 2-3 mm. longer than the involucre; achenes light brown, abou mm. pene 
c 
rugose below, dial ie above, abruptly attenuate into the beak, this 7-9 mm. lon 
pappus white m. lon 
Moi ey Arid Transition it Canadian Zones; San Bernardino Mountains, i Bernardino County, 
ieitliets "California: Type locality: Bear Valley, San Bernardino Mountains Jun e—Aug 
5. Taraxacum acai Rydb. Rocky Mountain Dandelion. Fig. 6068. 
Taraxacum ores Rydb. Mem Bot. Gard. 1: 454. 1900. 
Taraxacum olympicum G. N, Jones, 2. Wash. Pub. Bot. 5: 263. 1936. 
Perennial, saras esembling T. ceratophorum in growt a habit, and leaves; inner phyllaries 
usually not ociéenlon; outer phyllaries and summit of scape with some woolly hairs; achenes 
red bs apo brown at maturity, sharply quadrangular 
Boreal Zone; Alaska, the Olympic Mountains in Washington, Montana, and Wyoming. 
Type k Secalay: matey eg Madison County, Montana. May—Sep 
176. LAPRANA I, Sp-Pi, Sl, 1753, 
Ann 
Ssacaise Involucre ra ie the bracts erect in 1 series ses few minute outer ones 
at base. Corolla yellow. Achenes oblong-obovoid, rounded at x, 20-30-nerved. Pappu 
a Receptacle naked. ncient Greek name of obscure aera on. |] 
n Old World genus of 9 species. Type species, Lapsana communis L 
1. Lapsana comminis L. Nipplewort. Fig. 6069. 
Lapsana communis L, Sp. Pl. 811. 1753. 
Ste — below, ie sag — from the annual root, branching aceon above, 3-10 dm 
high, aiake s above, m r less villous-hirsute below and sometim s glandular. Lower leaves 
ovate or deltoid. ovate, 3-5 ¢ cm. lene ‘a. pubescent or glabrate ; ek cles often as long as or longer 
NYS a, hig ei 
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6067. Taraxacum californicum 
