884 SYNGENESIA. iEQUALIS. Sonchus. 
(On the bank of the Waveney, between Beccles and Yarmouth. Mr. 
Woodward. Near Streatham Ferry, Isle of Ely, Rev. R. Relhan, (but 
said not to have been found there latterly. Several places about Notting¬ 
ham. Deering. River side at Reedham, Norfolk, Mr. Wigg, in Bot. 
Guide. A single plant said to have been found at Lochend, by Mr. Neill. 
Grev. Edin. E.) P. July—Aug. 
S. olera'ceus. Fruit-stalks cottony ? calyx smooth : (leaves notched 
toothed. E.) 
E. Bot. 843. E.) 
Leaves closely amplexicaul. Fruit-stalks at length becoming smooth. Linn. 
Upper-leaves frequently jagged and indented, like the lower, but not so 
deeply. Woodw. ( Flowers rather small, pale yellow, rarely white, only 
expanded in fine weather. Root spindle-shaped, milky and bitter, as is 
the whole herb. Stem branched, brittle, two or three feet high. Leaves 
with acute lobes, more or less toothed or spinous. E.) 
Sow-thistle. Hare’s Lettuce. Milkweed. (Irish: Bainne Muck . 
Welsh: Moch-ysgallen gyffredin. E.) 
Var. 1. Lcevis. Leaves smooth, the lower wing-cleft, lower segments long. 
Curt. 123— Ger. 231. 6—Clus. ii. 146. 1— Dod. 643. 1 —Lob. Ohs. 119. 1, 
. and Ic. i. 235. 2— Ger. Em. 292. 3— II. Ox. vii. 3. 1:— Pet. 14. 10— Ger. 
230. 4 —Matth. 49T. 
Common Sow-thistle. Smooth Jagged Sow-thistle. Cultivated ground, 
especially in a rich soil, dunghills and hedges. A. June—Aug.* 
Var. 2, Segments fewer, the terminal one triangular and very broad. Ray; 
FI. Ban. 682— Blackw. 130— Ger. 230. 3— Ger. Em. 292. 4— Park. 806. 3— 
J. B. ii. 1016. 1— II. Ox. vii. 3, row 1. 2— Pet. 14. 8— Matth. 496. S. as - 
pera . 
Smooth Broad Sow-thistle. 
Var. 3. Asper. Leaves prickly, jagged, shining on the upper surface, the 
edge waved and set with thorny teeth; the lower lobes rounded. 
FI. Dan. 843— Blackw. 30 —Ger. 229. 2— Park. 229. 2— J.B. ii. 1016. 2— 
Fuchs. 675 — Pet. 14. 5. 
Stem two or three feet high, upright, thick, angular; the angles thin, mem¬ 
branous, tinged with purple. Leaves wing-cleft; segments variously 
jagged and toothed, some extending almost to the mid-rib, the lower 
leaves a foot long ; mid-rib broad, white, and smooth. Fruit-stalks soon 
losing their tomentose character. Calyx scales each with two or three 
little thorns on the back. 
Prickly Jagged Sow-thistle. Uncultivated ground, sides of roads and 
hedges. 
Var. 4. Leaves prickly, entire. St. 
Fuchs. 674 —Dod. 643. 3—Lob. Ohs. 118. 2. 3, and Ic. i. 235. 1— Ger. Em. 
291. 2— J.B. ii. 1014. 2— Park. 803.1— II. Ox. vii. 2, row 3. 5— Pet. 14. 
* The leaves and tender shoots are good among other pot-herbs. They are a very favourite 
food with hares and rabbits. Sheep, goats, and swine eat it. Horses are not fond of it. 
(The beautiful parasitic Uredo Sonchi , which before bursting through its cuticle is of a 
bright scarlet colour, and at length of an orange yellow, is found on the stalks and leaves 
of this species and S, arvensis. E.) 
