PL ex. cal, 89. COMPOSITiE, A. 180. Lactuca. 417 
0. planifolia. Lower leaves flat, lanceolate, oblong ; upper 
leaves ovate, arrowshape ; akenia black. 
Lactuca iritybacea, Ger. em. 307, 6. 
Lactuca angustifolia, Lamarck Encycl. Meth. 3, 402. 
Italian coss-lettuce. Endive-leaved lettuce. 
y. capitata. Lower leaves curled, wrinkled, slightly sinu- 
ated, ribbed at bottom ; upper leaves oblong, arrowshape. 
Lactuca capitata, Ger. erri. 307, 5. 
Lactuca angustifolia, Lamarck Ericycl. Meth. 3, 402. 
Calh age-lettuce. 
crispa. Lower leaves rounded, ovate, wrinkled, sinu- 
ately lobed, keel hairy ; upper leaves oblong, arrowshape, 
sinuately toothed. 
Lactuca crispa, Ger. em. 306,2. 
Curled-leaf lettuce. 
All the varieties are cultivated extensively. 
2. Lactuca * sylvestris. VVild let lube. 
Leaves sinuately pinnatifid, embracing the stem, vertical ; 
keel prickly; tip pointed; flowers loosely panicled. 
Lactuca sylvestris costa spinosa, Raii Syn. 161, 2. 
Lactuca sylvestris foliis dissectis, Ger. em. 309, 3. 
Lactuca sylvestris laciniata, Park 814. 
Lactuca scariola, Lin. S. P. 1119. 
Lactuca sylvestris, Lamarck Enc. Meth. 3,40(5'. 
Mild-scented cut-leaved wild lettuce. 
Edges of fields on chalky soils; annual? August. 
Herb glaucous ; Iractew, heartshape, pointed ; flowers 
lemon yellow. 
3. Lactuca virosa. Strong-scented lettuce , 
Leaves oblong, denticulate, horizontal ; keel prickly ; tip 
blunt. 
Lactuca sylvestris major odore opii, Raii Syn . 161, 1 : Ger, em. 309, 1. 
Lactuca sylvestris endiviae fofiis, odore viroso, Park. 813. 
Lactuca virosa, Lin. S. P. 1119. 
Cut lettuce. 
Chalky soils; biennial; August and September. 
Stem rod-like, 6 feet high, panicled above ; leaves glau- 
cous, radical, many, reverse-ovate, undivided; flowers sul- 
phur-colour, scarcely longer than the pericline. — Juice in- 
spissated is narcotic. 
(3. integrifolia. Leaves not cu,t. 
Lactuca sylvestris, folio nou laciniato, Raii Syn. 162,3. 
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