Genus 4. 



CHICORY FAMILY. 



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1. Krigia virginica (L.) VVilld. Carolinia Dwarf Dandelion. Krigia. 



Fig- 4045- 



Hyoseris virginica L. Sp. PI. 809. 1753. 



Hyoseris caroliniana Walt. FI. Car. 194. 1788. 



Krigia virginica Willd. Sp. PI. 3: 1618. 1S04. 



Krigia caroliniana Nutt. Gen. 2: 126. 18 18. 



Adopogon carolinianuin Britton, Mem. Torr. Club 5: 

 346. 1894. 



Annual, acaulescent ; scapes usually several 

 from the same root, very slender, glabrous or 

 hispidulous, monocephalous, 1' 15' high, simple, or 

 sometimes branched at or near the base. Leaves 

 commonly all basal, tufted, spatulate, lanceolate 

 or linear, pinnatifid, sinuate, lobed, dentate or 

 rarely entire, i'-6' long, narrowed at the base into 

 usually margined petioles; head z"~7" broad; 

 involucre of 9-18 linear-lanceolate bracts, reflexed 

 after the fall of the narrowly turbinate somewhat 

 5-angled achenes ; pappus of 5 round short scales 

 and 10 or more long capillary bristles. 



In dry, sandy soil, Maine to Ontario and Minne- 

 sota, Florida and Texas; also in Washington. April- 

 Aug. 



5. CYNTHIA D. Don, Edinb. Phil. Tourn. 12 : 305. 1829. 



Perennial herbs, with tufted basal leaves, the large many-flowered heads at the ends of 

 simple or branched scapes. Flowers orange or yellow. Bracts of the involucre 9-18, reflexed 

 in fruit, lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, not keeled. Pappus of 10-15 small scales and as 

 many long bristles or more. [Mythological name.] 



Four species, natives of North America. Type species: Cynthia virginica (L.) D. Don. 



Caulescent, branched above. 

 Acaulescent, monocephalous. 



1. C. virginica. 



2. C. Dandelion. 



i. Cynthia virginica (L.) D. Don. Cynthia. Virginia Goatsbeard. 



Fig. 4046. 



Tragopogon virginicum L. Sp. PI. 789. 1753. 



Krigia amplexicaulis Nutt. Gen. 2: 127. 1818. 



Cynthia virginica D. Don, Edinb. Phil. .Tourn. 12 : 309. 1829. 



Adopogon virginicum Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 304. 1891. 



Cynthia falcata Standley, Contr. Nat. Herb. 13: 356. 1911. 



Perennial, glabrous and glaucous; stem i-2h high, 

 i-leaved and branched above, bearing 1-6 long-peduncled 

 heads at its summit and usually I oblong, entire or 

 toothed clasping leaf below the middle. Basal leaves 

 tufted, runcinate, sinuate, denticulate, or entire, l'-y' 

 long, narrowed into margined petioles, heads about I 

 broad ; involucre of 9-15 lanceolate nerveless bracts, 

 3"-4" long, reflexed in fruit ; achenes nearly oblong ; 

 pappus of 10-15 small oblong scales and an equal or 

 greater number of capillary bristles; flowers orange to 

 reddish orange. 



In moist woods and meadows, Massachusetts to southern 

 Ontario and Manitoba, Georgia. Kentucky, Missouri and 

 Colorado. Ascends to 4000 ft. in Virginia. False dande lion. May-Oct. 



