<548 Leontodon. 
Icifia; latflefcens. Folia cuncfla radicalia, plura 
congerta, petiolata, palmaria, utrinque pubefcen- 
tia, patentia, acuta, runcinato-pinnatifida: lobis 
oppofltis, confluentibus, triangularibus, acutis, 
furfum excurrentibus, bafi reciis, undique den- 
tatis; coda tenaci, albida, teretiufcula. Petioli 
marginati, bafi vagina to- plani, albi» ' Scapi piu- 
res ex una radice, erefti, teretes, vix tomen- 
tofi, nudi, uniflori, longitudine vix foliorum. 
C/iLFX communis glaber, duplex : exterior 
pallidus, pplyphyllus; fquamis linearibus, pla- 
nis, acutis, imbricatis, reflexis; interior viri- 
dis, polyphyilus: fquamis parallelis, linearibus, 
contiguis, eredtis, carinatis , apice fulcis, calyce 
exteriore paullo longioribus. COR. compofita , 
aequalis, hermaphrodita. Propria ligulata, trun- 
cata, 5 crenata, lupra lutea, fubtus purpurafeens. 
STAM> fyngenefia?, lutea. PIST. Germen ovatum, 
fcabridum; pappo ftipitato, fimplici. Stylus fla- 
minibus longior. Stigmata revoluta, lutea. 
Receptad. nudum. 
PROPR. rec . & Jlcc at, rad. Odor nullus. Sa- 
por initio obfcure duicefcens , tum amarus. Pri- 
mo vere minus amaricans, magis abundans fuc- 
co melligineo; afltate magis amaricans. Herbee 
odor debilis; fapor amarus. 
VIRTUS: aperiens, diuretica. 
USUS . : Obftruftio hepatis, Hypochondriafis, 
Idlerus. 
OBS. U Tora planta vegetans la&efcit: lacie fpis- 
fo, albiflimo , cremori laftis fimillimo, fapore amaro. 
Radix recentifiime effofla admodum laftefcit , fed ante 
definit lac fundere, quam evidenter marcefcere occipit 
planta. Radix, fcapus , petioli, nervique foliorum lac 
ftillant, fed ipfa fubftantia folii minime. PIoc lac pro- 
rutu* 
