CICHORIACEAE 1495 
runcinate-pinnatifid, sually sagittate- 
auriculate at the base: Sale 6-8 mm. 
high; braets hirsute-hispid, acute: achene 
| fusiform , 4.5-3 mm. long, ri ribbed.— —( HAWKS- 
RD. \—Roadsides and fields, various prov- 
co N. C. to Nebr. and Ont. Nat. of Eu 
—Fall. 
2. C. japonica (L.) Benth. Plant 1-6 dm 
tall: stem simple below or branched at the 
eat finely nd near the base, glabrous 
r nearly s o abov and} n the very slenderly 
p nched inflor ih cence: leaves mainly or 
wholly basal; eges T pinnatifid, 
mostly 5—15 em. long, petioled: involueres 
3.5—4.5 mm. high; bracts "nain ate, gla- 
brous: achene fusiform, 1.5-2 mm. long, ribbed m uum waste- places and 
meadows, S La. Nat. of Japan.— (W. I.)—A yea 
3. C. foetida L. ns 3—5 dm. tall, simple below or branched di the base, n 
bescent: leaf-blades mostly oblan ceolate in outline, runcinate-pinnatifid o 
of them coarsely us thed, those of the stem with dilated fringed. toothed 
bases: involucres 9-12 mm. hi gh; ce racts acuminate, loosely hirsute: achenes 
various, and inner ones ice beaked, the marginal ones with filiform beaks as 
long as ‘the bust —Roadsides, fields, and dunes, coastwise islands of NE Fla. 
and Ga. f Eu.—Spr.-fal 
11. SITILIAS Raf. Biennial or perennial caulescent or seapose herbs. 
Leaf-blades irregularly toothed, pinnatifid, or sometimes entire. Heads erect. 
Involucre ovoid to campanulate: bracts in 2 unequal series, inner ones abruptly 
keeled near the apex. NEM yellow or whitish. Achene with an ellipsoid 
body. Pappus double, the outer a short.—Six species, North American.— 
Spr.—fall.—FALSE-DANDELIONS. 
Bracts of the outer 2 fully 1/3 to over 1/2 as long or inner: heads 
uly 2.5 em. long at maturity. S. caroliniana. 
Bracts of the outer involueres less than 1/3 as long as the 
j *: heads 2 em. long at maturity or shorter. 2. S. multicaulis. 
S. caroliniana (Walt.) R Stems erect, 1-1.5 dm. tall, usually branched: 
pes der blades more or cone dE pinnatifi, sometimes merely denticu- 
late or arly entire, aad oe 
ee poe 12- ao ong ; inner ISSN 
bracts narrowly linear; outer bracts nar- Se (A 
rower, fully 14 to over l5 as long as the Bi =< 
a _Tigules eae achene-body about 5 977/71 Ne 
mm. long, ribbed, ees e [Pyr- ARA 
"opos prs pe (Walt.) DC.]—Dry į 
soil, roadsides, waste- places and pin d 4 
pem ie Fla. to Tex. Kans., an nd 
Del.—Spr.-fall.—A. Du with pale com 
colored ligules, tipped with rose, and 
u in | 
ecu 
Ala. This may prove, upon ene eae 
gation to bos a " distinct species. 
2. S. multicaulis (DC.) Greene. Stems solitary or tufted, ascending or spread- 
ing, 1-4 dm. long, more or less branched: leaves mainly bas al, 5-15 em. long: 
