474 71. COMPOSITE: CICHOMACEJE. 



71. COMPOSITES: ClCHOBIACEiE. 



1. Cichorium Intybus, Linn. Sp. PL ed. 1, p. 813 ; DC. Prodr. 

 vii. p. 84; HooTc.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 391; A. DC. Orig. PI. 

 Cult. ed. 3, p. 77 ; Bretschn. Early JRes. p. 160. 



Kiangsi : Kiukiang (Shearer I). Herb. Kew. 



The Chicory so readily colonizes and is so widely cultivated 

 that it is impossible to determine exactly where it is indigenous, 

 though doubtless somewhere in the Mediterranean region or 

 further eastward in Asia. 



Cichorium Endivia, Linn., the Endive, which is regarded by 

 some botanists as a variety of the Chicory and by others as a 

 distinct species, is cultivated in China. 



1. Lampsana apogonoides, Maxim, in Mel. Biol. ix. p. 20; 

 Franch. et Savat. Enum. PI. Jap. i. p. 266; Franch. PI. David. 

 p. 185. 



Kiangsu : Shanghai (Carles !) ; Kiangst : Kiukiang (Faber !) ; 

 Hupeh : Ichang and immediate neighbourhood (A. Henry, 1270 !) ; 

 Shejssi (David ex Franchet). Herb. Kew. 



Japan. 



1. Picris hieracioides, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 792 ; DC. Prodr. 

 vii. p. 128 ; Hook, f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 393 ; Franchet, Pi- 

 David, p. 185, et in Mem. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 230 

 (var. japonica). 



Picris japonica, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 299 ; DC. Prodr. vii. p. 130; Debeaux, 

 Fl. Tchef. p. 89. 



Chihli : Peking (Bretschneider !) ; Shingking : Kaicbow to 

 Kinchow (Boss !) ; Hupeh : Ichang, Patung, and Nanto (A. 

 Henry !) ; Shantung-. Chefoo (Fauvel ex Franchet). Mus. 

 Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



"Western Europe and North Africa to Japan and Kamtschatka ; 

 also in Australia and New Zealand, where, however, it may have 

 been introduced, as well as in North America. 



[Picris repens, Lour. (El. Cochinch. p. 478), syn. Barkhausia 

 repens, DC. (Prodr. vii. p. 159), an insufficiently described plant, 

 has not been recognized.] 



