COMPOS I Th FAMILY. 



63. ZINNIA. (Named for a Gorman professor, Z>nn.) Commonly r ti- 

 tivated for ornament : 11. all <tinimer. 



Z. Slogans, the favorite G\I;I>I.N ZINNIA, frmu Mexico, with ovate heart- 

 shaped hah'da-piug lea\e>. and very large heads of rose-cdlored. purple, violet, 

 red, or wh're 1'o-vcrs. '2 -.'i'in diameter, of late al>o full-double like a .-mall 

 Dahlia; <!, ::('.-. receptacle Crested-toothed at tip; akenes barely ^-toothed at 

 summit. 



Z. mulliflbra, !Vom .Mexico, >.<:<., n.nv not common in gardens, In-iu- lc >; . 

 Bhowy, has ovate-lanceolate lca\e-, hollow peduncle much enlarged under the 

 head, ul>ov;,re red-purple rays, blunt entire cii;itf, and l-a\vned akenes. i 



Z. angUStifblia, cult, as Z AI.-KK.V, from Mexico, is widely and copiously 

 branched, i.m^li-liairy, with lanceolate leaves, many small heads, oval orange- 

 yellow ray>, and coii-picii:>usly pointed dial]'. 



64. TAGETES, FRFNCII or AFRICAN MARIGOLD, hut from South 

 America anil Mexico. ( Mythological name.) Fl. all summer. i 



* Plant (i>iixr-s<-uitf<l, irith entire leaves, small rorymbtd Leads, andftio m//x. 



T. lucida, now rather uncominon in ^ardeu>, ha- -lossy lanceolate serrate 

 leaves, and orange flowers. 



* * Plant strong-scented : leaves pinnate : leaflets cut-toothed : head Ittrye. 



T. 61'6cta, LAK<;I: Ari:ic.v\ M., with laneeolnte leaflets, intlated club- 

 sh.in"d peduncles, and heads of orange or lemon-colored (lowers, often full double. 



T. patula, KI;I:NCII M., with liner lance-linear leaflets, cvliudrical pedun- 

 cle-, anil narrower heads, the rays orange or with darker stripes. 



T. Signata is a more delicate low much-branched species, with finely cut 

 leaves, slender peduncles, and smaller heads, the 5 rays purple-spotted or spotted 

 and striped with darker orange at l>a>e. 



65. DYSODIA, FKTIO MARIGOLD. (Name, in Greek, denotes the 



ill-scent of the plant.) Fl. late summer and autumn. 



D. Chrysanthemoides. Hoad-ides and river-banks \V. & S. W. : a low 



weed, nearly smooth, with spreading brandies, oppo-itc pinnatelv parted and 

 linelyeut leaves, and few yellow ray> >carcely exceeding the involucre, (i) 



66. CICHORIUM, SUCCORY, CICHORY, or CHICORY. (Arabic 

 name of the plant.) Fl. all summer. 



C. Intybus, COMMON ('. Nat. from Ku. by roadsides, &<. maiulv K. 

 leaves runcinate, rough-hairy on the midrib, or the upper ones on flowering 

 stems small and bract-like, entire ; showy bine flowers opening only in thft 

 morning and in cloudy weather ; deep rout HM.,I as substitute' for eoll'ee. 2/ 



C. Endivia, KXDIVK, cult, from Hast Indies, for autumn salad; leaves 

 smooth, -li-htlv or deeply toothed, or much cut and crisped, (lowering stems 

 short and leafy. (5) 



67. TRAGOPOGON, SALSIFY. (Greek name for (joat's-beard, from 

 the pappus.) Fl. early summer. 



T. porrifblillS, COMMON s. or OVSTI ii-ri.\NT. Cult, from Fu. for the 

 edible tap-root, sometimes running wild : smooth and pale, 2-4 high, branch- 

 ing, with long leaves tapering from a clasping b:isc to a slender apex, very large 

 heads on hollow peduncle much thickened upward-, and deep violet-purpio 

 (lowers. 



68. LEONTODON, IIAWKBIT. (Greek name for /ion-tooth, from the 



runcinate leaves of -onie species.) 



L. autumnale, FALL DAM.DI.ION or II \\VKIUT. Nat. from Kurope in 



meadows and lawns I-'.: leaves pinnatitid or laciniate ; >eapes slender, 8' - 12' 



high, branching; peduncles thickish and sealy-brneted next the small head 

 11. summer and autumn. 2/ 



