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COMPOSITAE (COMPOSITE FAMILY) 



Krigia 



amplexicaulis. 



KRIGIA 



Small herbs, branched from the base, with chiefly radical leaves, 

 and small heads terminating naked scapes or branches. Heads 

 several to many-flowered, with yellow rays. In- 

 volucre bracts in about 2 rows, thin. Achenes 

 r x short and truncate, terete or angled; pappus 

 double, the outer of thin scales, the inner of deli- 

 cate bristles. 



K. virginica, DWARF DANDELION. Scapes several, 



up to 3 dm. high, becoming branched and leafy ; earlier 



leaves roundish 



and entire, the 



others narrow 



and often pin- ' 



natifid; bracts 



of involucre 9- 



18, reflexed in 



age ; achenes 5- 



angled; pappus of 5-7 short 

 scales and as many alternating 

 bristles. Dry ground. April to 

 August. 



K. amplexicaulis, CYNTHIA. 

 Stem up to 6 dm. high ; stem- 

 leaves 1-3, oblong or oval, clasp- 

 ing, mostly entire; the radical 

 ones on short winged petioles, 

 often toothed ; bracts of in- 

 volucre as in the last; achenes 

 more slender ; pappus of 10-15 

 small scales and 15-20 bristles. 

 Moist banks. May to August. 



TARAXACUM 



Taraxacum officinale, Dandelion. 



Herbs with pinnatifid or 



runcinate radical leaves, and a large solitary head on a slender 

 hollow scape. Heads many-flowered, with yellow rays. Involucre 

 double, the outer of short bracts, the inner of long, linear, erect 

 bracts. Achenes oblong-ovate to fusiform, 4-5 ribbed, the apex 



