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furrow iind separated from the 2 barren cells by a groove on each 
side ; the 2 barren cells sej)arated by an incomplete dissepi- 
ment, each with a slender rib on its side and their junction 
marked by a slight furrow. — Corn-fields and banks. A. V. VI. 
Corn Salad. 
2. V. carinata (Loisel.); fr. oblong boatshaped crowned with 
1 straight tooth, cells nearly equal each with a single rib on the 
back, barren cells contiguous in their whole length and with a 
deep furrow between them, fl. in dense cymes. — Fecha E. B. S. 
2810. R. Icon. t. Gl. — Fl. j>ale blue. Root leaves spathulate, 
those of the stem oblong. Bracts ciliated. Section of the fr. 
c.resccnt-shaped. — Hedge-banks, rare. A. IV. — VI. Lambs' 
Lettuce. E. S. 
.‘1 V. Auricula (DC.); fr. subglobose crowned with 1 erect 
membranous leaf, barren cells larger than the fertile one inflated 
contiguous having a narrow furrow between them, fl. scattered. 
— Fedia E. B. S. 2809. V. dentata DC. Prod. iv. G27. — Fl. di- 
stant, ill the forks of a repeatedly dichotomous cyme. Lower 1. 
obovate attenuate downwards, upper 1. oblong. Bracts ciliated. 
Section of the fruit nearly roiiml. Cromi of one oblong obtuse 
obliquely truncate tooth, sometimes with a minute tooth on 
each side, or (fi. trident at a) of 3 acute teeth, of which one is 
much the lougest and often 3-pointed. — Cultivated land. A. 
VII. VIII. 
** Barren cells 0, or reduced to a rib. 
4. V. dentata (Deitr.) ; fr. oval crowned with the small oblique 
equally 4-toothed calyx flat in front with an oblong sjiace inclosed 
between 2 elevated curved ribs (barren cells) convex behind, 
cyme lax siireadiiig ; branches long divaricated. — Fedia Sm., 
E. B. 1370. V. Morisonii DC. Prod. iv. G27. — Teeth of the crown 
spreading or all incurved except the largest. Fr. smooth or 
haiiT (B- mixta). Fl. corjinbose. — Corn-fields and banks. A. 
VI.VII. 
5. V. eriocarpa (Desv.); fr. oval crowned with the large ob- 
lique open unequally 5 — 7-toothed calyx flat in front with an 
oval space inclosed between 2 elevated curved ribs (barren cells) 
convex behind, cyme condensed ; branches short. — Very (hfferent 
in habit from the ])receding but scarcely affording any specific 
character. It mav be a variety. — Great Orme’s Head, N. Wales. 
A. VI. ' E. 
Order XLV. DIPSACE.E. 
Fl. capitate. Cal. su])crior, surrounded by an involucel wdiich 
closely invests the ripe fruit. Cor. 4 — 5-fid with unequal lobes. 
