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gards it as probably a state of a wild south-west species. " V e r y common on the river banks of the St P e t e r s and St. Croix and is m u c h eaten by the Dakota India n s . " R e p t . Dept. of Agr., 1870. HELIPOSIs, Ox Eye, perennial. hevis, native, L a p h a m ; Cook county, Babcock; Champaign c o u n t y . RUDBECKIA, Cone Flower. speciosa, native, L a p h a m ; and cultivated. hirta, native, L a p h a m ; Cook county, Babcock; Champaign county. triloba, native, Lapham; Champaign county. subtomentosa, native, L a p h a m ; Cook county. Babcock; Champaign c o u n t y . laciniata, Common Cone Flower, native, Lapham; Cook county, Babcock. LEPACHYS, Perennial Herbs. pinnatta, native, L a p h a m ; Cook county, Babcock; Champaign county. DACIOPIS, annual. amplexicaulis, cultivated for ornament, from t h e southwest. ECHINACEA, Hedge Hog, Cone Flower, perennials. p u r p u r e a , native, Lapham. angustifolia, native, L a p h a m ; Cook county, Babcock. The zinnia has been remarkably developed and improved t h r o u g h seedlings grown in India. See, Rand. TAGETES, French or African Marigold, annuals, from South America and Mexico. lucida, not common. erecta, Large Africa Marigold. patula, French Marigold. signata. DYSODIA,, Fetid Marigold. crysanthemoides, native, Lapham; Cook county, Babcock, a n n u a l . CICHORIUM, Succory, Cichory or Chicory. intybus, Common Chickory, naturalized from Europe, Cook county, Babcock; p e r e n ial. Root used as substitute for coffee, though possessing few or none of its valuable properties. endivia, Endive, cultivated from East Indies for a u t u m n salad. TRAG OPOG ON, Salsify. porrifolius, Common Salsify or Oyster Plant, eultivated from Europe for the edible t a p root. CYNTHIA, low perennial herbs. dandelion, D. C , Washington county, Vasey; Wabash, Schneck; and southward. virginica, native, L a p h a m ; Cook county, Babcock. TROXIMON, perennial herbs. euspidatum, native, L a p h a m ; Champaign county. HIERACITTM, Hawk Weed, perennials. canadense, Canada Hawk Weed, native, Vasey. scabrum, Rough Hieracium, native, Lapham' longiphylyum, Long Leaved Hieracium, native, Lapham. gronovil, Hairy Hieracium, native, Lapham. NABALUS, Rattlesnake Root, perennial herbs altissimus, Hook. Boone counry, French; Wabash, Schneck; Champaign county. albus, White Lettuce, Rattlesnake Root, native, L a p h a m ; Cook county, Babcock. virgatus, Slender Rattlesnake Root, native, L a p h a m racemosus, native, L a p h a m ; Cook county, Bibcock; Champaign county. asper, native, L a p h a m ; Champaign county. crepidenius, native, L a p h a m . TARAXACUM, Dandelion, perennials or biennials. dens-leonis, Common Dandelion, probably indeginous in t h e n o r t h e r n s t a t e s ; here native or introduced. L a p h a m ; Cook county, Babcock: &c. LACTUCA, Lettuce. sativa, Garden Lettuce, cnltivated from E u r o p e for salad; annuals and biennials. canadensis, Wild- Lettuce, native, L a p h a m ; Cook county, Babcock; Champaign county, Macauley. integrifolia, native, G r a y . sanguniea, native, Gray. MULGEDIUM, False or Blue Lettuce. acuminatum, native, Lapham. floridanum, native, L a p h a m . leucophaaum, I). C , Winnebago county, B e b b ; n e a r Chicago M u n r o e ; Wabash, Schneck. SONCHUS, Sow Thistle, Coarse Weeds. oleraceus, Common Sow Thistle, naturalized from Europe, L a p h a m ; Champaign county. asper, Spring-leaved Sow Thistle, naturalized from Europe, L a p h a m ; Cook county, Babcock.

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Plants with milky acrid juice.

DOWNINGIA, delicate little annuals, sparingly cultivated, from California, elegans, older n a m e Clintonia elegans. pulchella, older n a m e clintonia pulchella.