Composite. 
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4. FI.-branches always erect, the upper ones hearing heads 
only towards the top, forming all together a fairly 
flat clustered corymb. Ls fairly horizontal, gen. 
undiv., the caul, cordate-clasping. 7 t sativa L. 1327. 
— FI.-branches drooping before the fls wither, the upper 
ones furnished (in raceme) with heads throughout al¬ 
most their whole length, forming a long pyramidal 
panicle. Ls placed vertically (through torsion the 
edges directed up and down!), gen. runcinate-pinnatifid, 
the caul, sagittate-clasping.—b. angustana All. Ls undiv., 
without prickles underneath on the middle nerve. (Wall.; 
apparently a good species!)—Stony places, rubbish-heaps ; 
not everywhere (wanting in G. B. U. L. A.). 7 
Scariola L. 1328. 
352. Phoenixopus. Phoenixopus. XIX, 15. 
1. Ls rather firm, the caul, linear, entire', decurrent 
with 2 linear, applied auricles ; the lower deeply pinnatifid, 
with lanceolate or linear-lanceolate segments. Stem whitish, 
bone-like. Achenes with black beaks.—Stony places; W. 7, 8 
vimineus Rchb. 1329. 
— Ls soft, petioled, with winged petioles, sagittate-clasping, 
lyrate-pinnatifid with broad angular-toothed segments, 
the terminal one being very large. Stem green, herba¬ 
ceous. Achenes with liglit-brown beaks. Lactuca muralis 
Gartn. —Woods, walls; everywhere. 7 muralis Koch. 1330. 
353. Mulgedium. Alpine Sow-thistle. XIX, 21. 
1. Inflorescence in a long thyrsus, with abundant glandular 
hairs. Ls lyrate, with very large terminal lobe.—Alp., 
subalp. and Jura. 7 alpinum Cass, 1331. 
— Inflorescence in a corymb, glabr. Ls runcinate-pinnatifid. 
—Alp.; western Switz. 7 . . Plumieri Dec. 1332. 
354. Sonchus. Sow-thistle. XIX, 22. 
1. Invol. gen. glabr., often white-flaky, rarely with a few 
glands. Ann. pis ....:.. 2 
— invol. covered with abundant glandular hairs. Perenn. 
pis .......... J 
2. Ls soft, gen. dull, runcinate-pinnatifid, with an almost 
triangular-hastate terminal lobe, more rarely ls undiv.; 
the caul, with sagittate base and auricles gen. acute, 
spreading. Achenes with distinct transverse asperities 
between the ribs. — Cultivated land ; rubbish-heaps; every¬ 
where. 6 . . . . . . oleraceus L. 1333. 
— Ls rather hard, gen. shining and teeth more piercing, 
more often undiv., the caul, with cordate base and 
