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common. This is the only form that I have as yet observed in 

 Wilts. Localities for T. pratensis (L.) have been reported me by 

 several correspondents, but am not sure whether they may not all 

 be referrible to T. minor. There is, no reason however, why we 

 should not have both species. 



Picris, (Linn.) Picris. 

 Linn. CI. xix. Ord. i. 

 Name. From (pikros,) bitter, as are many of this tribe. 

 1. P. hieracioiles (Linn.) Hawk-weed Picris. Engl. Bot. t. 196. 

 Locality. On dry banks, road-sides, and borders of fields, on a 

 gravelly or chalky soil. B. Fl. July, September. Area, 1. 2. 3. 

 i. 5. Generally distributed. Whole plant hispid, with strong 

 spreading bristles. 



Helminthta, (Juss.) Ox-tongue. 

 Linn. CI. xix. Ord. 1. 



Name. From (Hehninthion) Gr* a small kind of worm ; which 

 the rugose seeds somewhat resemble. 



1. H. echioides (Gsert.) echium-like Picris, bristly Ox-tongue. 

 Engl. Bot. t. 972. 



Locality. On the borders of corn-fields, ditch banks, and by road- 

 sides on clay soil. A. Fl. July, September. Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 

 Rather local in the Districts. Stem 2 to 3 feet high, clothed with 

 rigid spines, trifid and recurved at the apex, arising from tuber- 

 cular bases. A nearly smooth variety of this plant is represented 

 in Hermann's Paradisus Batavus, p. 185. 



Lactuca, (Linn.) Lettuce. 

 Linn. CI. xix. Ord. i. 

 Named from lac, milk ; which flows from this and many plants 

 Df the tribe, when broken. 



1. L. muralis, (DC.) wall Lettuce ; from murus (Lat.) a wall. 

 Prenanthes Smith. Engl. Bot. t. 457. 



Locality. Banks in woods, old chalk-pits, and banks of hollow 

 lanes ; where there is shade ; chiefly on chalk or loam. A. (P. 

 Smith), Fl. July. Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. * Very local in Wilts, and 



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