SONCHUS. — MULGEDIUM. 
2g9 
inner simple at tip, fr. pale yellow or brown niuricate at the 
top, 1. oblong and entire sinuate-dentate or runcinate ; or outer 
phyll. ovate-lanceolate, or {L. leptocephatiim R.) lanceolate. 
£. B. 553.— Very common, 7 in dry places, 5 in bogs or damp 
places. P. m.-X. E.S.I. 
44. Son'chus Linn. em. Cass. Sowthistle. 
1. i). olevdceus (L. em. Hill.) ; 1. undivided or pinnatifid 
toothed clasping, auricles spreading arroivshaped, fr. trans- 
verselji rugose arid longitudinally ribbed, st. branched, heads 
subumbeilate, inv. usually glabrous. — E. B. 843.— St. 2—3 feet 
high. L. flattish, lower stalked. Fl. yellow.— Common. A. 
VI —VIII. Sou'thistle. E. S. I. 
2. S. as'per (Hill) ; 1. undivided or pinnatifid sharply toothed 
clasping, auricles rounded, fr. lotigitudinaUy ribbed not trans- 
versely r III lose, St. branched, heads subumbeilate, inv. usually 
glabrous.— B. S. 2765, 2766— St. 2—3 feet high. L. crisped, 
lower stalked. Fl. yellow. — Common. A. VI. — VIII. Sair- 
thistle. E. S. I. 
3. .S'. arven'sis (L.) ; 1. lanceolate runcinate sharply toothed 
cordate at the base, uppermost 1. entire, st. simple, heads corym 
base, inv. andped. glandular-hairy, fr. with transversely rugose 
ribs, creeping. — E. B. 674. — St. 3 — 4 feet high, leafy. L. long, 
acute. Heads large, fl. yellow. Glandular pubescence sometimes 
wanting (var. glabrescens Guenth. G. & W.). [a narrow-leaved 
shore form is var. augustitoliui: Meyer.] — Fields and waSte gTOUnd, 
also in fens. P. VIII. IX. Corn-Sowthistle. E. S. I. 
4. S. palus'tris (L.) ; 1. linear-lanceolate all acutely arrow- 
shaped denticulate, lower 1. long with 2 — 4 linear-lanceolate 
lobes, St. simple, heads corymbose, inv. and ped. glandular-hairy, 
fr. with finely rugose ribs, no stoles. — E. B. 935. — St. 4 — 6 feet 
high, leafy. Fl. lemon-coloured. — Marshes, very rare. P. VII. 
VIII. E. 
45. Mulge'dium Cass. 
1. J/, alpinum (Less.) ; 1. glabrous lyrate arrowshaped at the 
base, terminal lobe large triangular-hastate acute, st. simple, 
heads racemose, bracts ped. and inv. glandular-hairy, fr. oblong 
not attenuate with many ribs. — Sonchus rcvruieus Sm. E. B. 
2425. Lactuca Benth. — St. 3 feet high, glabrous below, leafy. 
L. gradually smaller upwards, cordate-acute on the barren 
shoots. Heads small, many. Fl. blue. — Clova Mountains. 
P. VIII. S. 
