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The VEGETABLE SYSTEM. 
3 . SWORD -LEAV’D DANDELION. 
Plate 126. Fig. 3. 
. Character of the Species. Leontodon Dandelion. 
The Leaves are long, narrow, fvvord-iliaped, and un- 
divided. 
Fig. l-'a b. 
This is a Biennial, native of Virginia, and flowers in September : 
the Leaves are of a ftrong deep green : the Stalk is pale, and to- 
ward the top is fomewhat hairy and clammy The Flowers are 
yellow. 
4. HARSH DANDELION. 
Plate 126. Fig. 4. Rough Dandelion. 
Cha r a£ter of the Species. Leontodon hifpidum. 
The Leaves are dented, and covered with harfh hairs, and 
the Cup is hairy. 
Fig. 4. a b. 
This is a Perennial, frequent in our paftures, and flowers in 
July : the Leaves are of a yellowilh green : the Stalk is a foot high, 
and of the fame colour : the Flower is of a tawney yellow. The 
Leaves in this Plant vary greatly in the degree of indenting, and 
hairynefs ; but the Species is the fame. 
5. OVAL LEAV’D DANDELION. 
Plate 126. Fig. 5. 
Character of the Species. Leontodon bulbofim. 
The Leaves are oval, but fomewhat oblong and fmooth : 
. the cups are fmooth, but the Footftalks of the Flowers 
are hairy. 
Fig. $.abt. 
This is a Perennial, native of Italy, and flowers in July. The 
Root is thick and rounded : the Leaves are of a pale green, and 
the Flowers are yellow. 
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