. Flowers of the field. Botany. 284 COMPOSIT/E obovate, toothed ; heads terminating the branches, ^ in. across.— Dry places ; rare.—Fl. June—August. ^\.nriual. 37. (Nipplewort).—Slender, erect, branched plants with milky juice; scattered leaves; and small heads of S—12 yellow florets, with i row of erect hracls.^ (Name, an old Latin name.) I. L. coiiiinuiiis (Common Nipplewort).—The only British. species; a branched, leafy plant, 2—3 'feet high; radical leaves broadly lyrately-pinnatifid, stalked ; caulijie leaves small, dentate ; heads numerous, | in. across ; bracts linear, stiff, k
. Flowers of the field. Botany. 284 COMPOSIT/E obovate, toothed ; heads terminating the branches, ^ in. across.— Dry places ; rare.—Fl. June—August. ^\.nriual. 37. (Nipplewort).—Slender, erect, branched plants with milky juice; scattered leaves; and small heads of S—12 yellow florets, with i row of erect hracls.^ (Name, an old Latin name.) I. L. coiiiinuiiis (Common Nipplewort).—The only British. species; a branched, leafy plant, 2—3 'feet high; radical leaves broadly lyrately-pinnatifid, stalked ; caulijie leaves small, dentate ; heads numerous, | in. across ; bracts linear, stiff, keeled.—^^'aste places and hedgerows ; abundant.—Fl. July, August. Annual. 38. Pi'cKis.—Hispid, branched planjs with a milky juice; leaves mostly scattered, simple, toothed ;, Jieads of yellow ligulate florets, with bracts in 2 rows ; fruit bro,wn, curved, transversely wrinkled ; pappus of 2 or more ro\\s of feathery (Name from the Greek picros, bitter,j I. /'. hieracwides (Hawkvveed Picris).—A slender, erect plant,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Johns, C. A. (Charles Alexander), 1811-1874. London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
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