1486 CICHORIACEAE 
pi EE. with db dd E tips: corollas mainly yellow: achene neariy 
cylindric, 7-9 mm. long, any prominent ribs, thus E teeth as P 
crown delto id: "5 onger 2 As s-bristles exceedin ng the achene.—( BLE 
THISTLE. — e-places, eens and fields, various ee Ga. Pun 
and N. Nat. of Eu. r.— 
29. CHAPTALIA Vent. Perennial, scapose, small herbs, woolly 
throughout. iiis alternate, all basal: blades undulate to lyrate-pinnatifid. 
eads nodding, at least when young, solitary. Involucre mostly narrow: 
bracts herbaceous, ultimately reflexed. Flowers white, sometimes purple- 
stained without. Marginal corollas ligulate. Anthers long-tailed at the base: 
appendages lanceolate. Achene mostly beaked or narrowed at the apex.— 
About 25 species, natives of warm-temperate and tropical Ameriea.—SUN- 
BONNETS. 
Involuere becoming 1-1.5 em. long: achene narrowed into a short neck; only the 
1 
pistillate perfect. . C. tomentosa. 
m. becoming 2 cm. long: achene with a beak fully as long 
s the body ; all perfect. 2. C. dentata. 
1. C. tomentosa Vent. Leaves in rosettes; blades elliptic to dd d 
4—10 em. long, EN entire or remotely dentieulate, green and glabrou 
above, pud white tomentose ath: 
scapes tall, sometimes tufted, sim- 
ple: inv ural bracts da to linear, the 
inner becoming 10- . long: ligules of 
the ray-flowers a SUE white or 
ivory within, 7-10 mm. long: a achene of the 
i ae at 
each eo 
tre yrsanthema a eile (Walt. 
Kuntze. ]-—Moist cade Coastal Plain, 
Fla. to Tex. and N. C. 
2. C. dentata (L.) Cass. Leaves spread- 
n eid pie to x eds 3—11 
. lon dc undulate or denticulate, 
bro 
ea ace ose above or glabr 
age, lanate- accede: beneath: ee slender, p dm. tall, floccose: involu- 
ere lanate, pd inner bracts becoming 18-21 long, narrowly linear: inner 
rolla 2 7-8 mm. lon ng: achene E the bo ag 3.5-4.5 mm. long, the beak as 
IR ng or longer t y the body. [any rsanthema dentata (L.) Kuntze.]—Pine- 
lands, Peed: Keys, Fla.—(W 15 —Spr. 
Famity 3. CICHORIACEAE — Cuicory FAMILY 
Annual, biennial, or perennial herbs, or partially woody plants. 
Leaves c blades entire, toothed, or parted. Flowers perfect, all 
alike, borne in heads. Corolla ligulate, the l-sided limb mostly 5-lobed at 
the apex. Stigmas unappendaged. Achene smooth, papillose, murieu- 
late, or spiny.—About 70 genera and 1,500 species, of wide geographie 
distribution. 
Pappus wanting or obsolete. 1. SERINEA. 
Pappus presen 
Pappus of plu umose bristle 
Receptacle not chaffy: ‘lant eee 2. TRAGOPOGON. 
O aa chaffy: plant sca 3. HYPOCHAERIS. 
