426 184. Barkhausia. 39. COMPOSITE, A. PL ex. cal. 
Sarkhausia fcelida. Stinking castor-weed. 
Ste?n hairy ; leaves runcinately pinnatifid, rough, sessile ; 
upper lanceolate, deeply cut at the base; pericline ovate, 
nappy. 
Hieracium castorei odore Monspeliensium, Raii Syn. 165, 7. 
Crepis foetida, Lin. S. P. 1133. 
Earkhausia foetida, Moench Meth. 1133. 
Picris foetida, Lamarck FI. Fran. 2, 108. 
Dry chalky pastures; biennial; June and July. 
Stem diffused, branched, hairy ; leaves runcinate pinna- 
tifid; end lobe very large, deltoid; peduncles 1 -flowered, 
thicker at top ; corolla yellovf, reddish on the back. 
X. 185. TARAXACUM. Lonicerus. Dandelion . 
Braclece nearly equal, lanceolate, weak, in two series ; pe- 
ricline oblong; scales many, in one series, equal, lanceolate, 
edge membranaceous; calathides many-flowered; clinan - 
thus flat, pitted, bald ; akenium compressed, streaked length- 
ways; pappus hairlike, stipitated, falling off. — Root fusi- 
form; leaves radical; scape naked, hollow; calathides soli- 
tary, large ; corollce yellow. 
1. Taraxacum officinale . Shop dandelion. 
Leaves runcinate, bald ; lobes lanceolate, toothed ; brae - 
tece reflexed. 
Dens leonis, Raii Syn. 170, 1 ; Ger. cm. 290, 1. 
Dens leonis vulgaris, Park. 780. 
Leontodon Taraxacum, Lin. S. P. 1 122. 
Leontodon Dens leouis, Lamarck Enc. Meth. 3,349. 
Taraxacum officinale, Villars Dauph. 3,72. 
Leontodon officinale, Withering Bnl. Arr. ed. 4,679. 
Leontodon vulgare, Lamarck FI. Fran. 2, 113. 
Piss-a-bed. 
Grass-lands and road-sides ; perennial ; Apr. to Sept. 
Leaves light green; calathides large; bractece nearly as 
long as the pericline; akenium lemon-colour.— -Blanched 
leaves and the roots used in salads, very diuretic ; juice 
alterative. 
(3. angustifolium. Leaves narrow, deeply cut ; akenium 
reddish. 
Dens leonis angustioribus foliis, Raii Syn. 167,2; Park. 780. 
2. Taraxacum Raii. Raif s dandelion . 
Leaves lanceolate, sinuately toothed, nearly bald; brac- 
tece short, upright, closely pressed. 
