An illustrated guide to the flowering plants of the middle Atlantic and New England states (excepting the grasses and sedges) the descriptive text written in familiar language . ethsomewhat prickly. Under surface of mid-vein prickly, the prickles turningbackward. Heads of flowers pale yellow, several on a single slender stem,the whole forming a loose pyramidal cluster. Fruit black, ribbed. Juicefoetid, said to be an acrid narcotic Waste places, our area and westward. 3. L. canadensis, L. (Fig. 1, pi. 165.) Wild Lettuce. Stem 3 to10 ft. high, leafy, branching above into the diffuse flower clust
An illustrated guide to the flowering plants of the middle Atlantic and New England states (excepting the grasses and sedges) the descriptive text written in familiar language . ethsomewhat prickly. Under surface of mid-vein prickly, the prickles turningbackward. Heads of flowers pale yellow, several on a single slender stem,the whole forming a loose pyramidal cluster. Fruit black, ribbed. Juicefoetid, said to be an acrid narcotic Waste places, our area and westward. 3. L. canadensis, L. (Fig. 1, pi. 165.) Wild Lettuce. Stem 3 to10 ft. high, leafy, branching above into the diffuse flower cluster. Wiioleplant smooth. Leaves, the lower on leaf stems, 6 to 12 in. long, deeplylobed, margins wavy or with low teeth, covered with a whitish about 20-flowered. Damp soil, in most of our area. June-Nov. 4. L. hirsuta, Muhl. (Fig. 2, pi. 164.) Hairy Wood hairy, 2 to 3 ft. high. Leaves lobed. Heads numerous. Flowersyellow-purple to whitish. Dry soil, most of our area. July-Sept. 5. L. Morssii, Robinson. Morses Wild Lettuce. Similar to ; involucre shorter and rays blue. Along salt meadows, Maine andeastern Masg, to New York, CHICORY FAMILY 619. Plate 1641. Lactuca villosa. 2. L. hirsuta. 3. L. spicata. 4, Crepis virens. 5. C,biennis. 6. C. tectorum. 7. Picris liieracioides. 8. P. echioides. 620 CICHORIACEAE 6. L. sagittifolia, Ell. (Fig. 3, pi. 1G2.) Arrow-leaved Plant smooth throughout, 3 to 5 ft. high, not very leafy. Leavesnot divided into lobes, oblong lance-shaped, the upper lance-shaped, thelower clasping with angular projections each side of the stem. Flowersyellow or purplish. Dry soil, our area. July-Sept. 7. L. villosa, Jacq. (Fig. 1, pi. 164.) Hairy-veined Blue 2 to 6 ft. high, the whole plant smooth. Leaves egg-shaped tooblong-lance-shaped, 4 to 6 in. long, not lobed, the margins irregularlytoothed, the lower on leaf-stalks. Flowers numerous in a diffuse cluster,rays blue. Borders of woods. New York, westwar
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