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applied by the unobservant to many other yellow-flowered mem- 

 bers of the Order. Meadows ; abundant. The dandelion is a 

 valuable medicine, and is also eaten as a salad. — Fl. March — 

 October. Perennial. 



lact6ca murXlis (Ivy-leaved Lettuce). 



46. Lactuca (Lettuce). — Erect, leafy herbs, with a milky juice; 

 leaves scattered, the upper ones often auricled ; heads generally 

 small, in a panicle, yellow ; bracts imbricate, the outer shorter ; 

 receptacle flat, naked ; florets usually few ; fruit flattened, gener- 



