3bS LXXV. COMPOSlTiE. Uatananchk. 



K. ViRGiNicA. Wind. (Hyoseris. Mx. Cynthia. Beck.) Dwarf Dandelimi. 



Scape 1-flowered; Ivs. lanceolate, lyrate, smooth ; invoL smooth. — (I) This 



Utile plant is (bund on sandy hills and by roadsides, Can. to La. Scapes 1 



several, .smooth, slender, 1 — 8' high. After flowering it becomes longer than 

 the leaves. The primary leaves are roundish, entire ; the rest irregularly lyrate. 

 Scales of the involucre lO — 15, linear-lanceolate, arranged in a somewhat sim- 

 ple series. Corollas yellow. Ach. turbinate, scabrous, reddish-brown. May — Jl. 



73. CYNTHIA. Don. 



One of (he names of Diana; its application to this genus is not obvious. 



Involucre nearly simple, of equal, narrow scales ; receptacle flat, 

 alveolate ; pappus double, the outer minute, scaly ; inner copious, 

 capillary ; achenia short. — %■ Lvs. alleniate or all radical. Hds. ivith 

 15 — 20 yellow flowers. 



C. ViRGiNiCA. Don. (Tragopogon. Linn. Krigia amplexicaulis. Nutt.) 

 St: mostly simple, scape-like ; radical lvs. sublyrate or pinnatifid, on short, 

 winged petioles; cavline ones lanceolate, amplexicaul, entire. — In barrens and 

 dry soils. Western N. Y. to 111. ! &c. The plant is smooth and glaucous. Stem 

 I — 2f high, often dichotomously divided, with 1 — 2 clasping leaves at the forks. 

 Radical leaves 3 — 5' long, sometimes nearly entire. Heads terminal on the 

 bracteate and subumbellate peduncles, with deep yellow flowers. Scales united 

 at base in a somewhat double series. May — July. 



74. LEON TO DON. 



G)'. Xecoj/, a lion, oSuvs, a tooth; in reference to the deeply toothed leaves. 



Involucre imbricate, the outer scales very short ; receptacle na- 

 ked ; pappus plumose, persistent on the somewhat rostrate achenia. — 

 Acaulescetit herbs, with while Jls. viany in a head. 



L. AUTUMNALis. (Apargia. Willd.) Autumnal Hawkweed. 



vScrt^x? branching; ;.C(^. scaly; /li. lanceolate, dentate-pinnatifid, smoothish. 

 —A European plant, naturalized and common in the eastern parts of N. Eng- 

 land, growing in grass-lands and by roadsides. The flower resembles those of 

 the dandelion (Taraxacum). Root large, abrupt. Scape round, striate, hol- 

 low, decumbent at base, 6 — 18' high, with a few branches and scattered scales. 

 Leaves all radical, spreading, 6' long, with deep, round sinuses, and covered 

 with remote hairs. Heads 1' diam. 3'ellow, appearing from July to Nov. ^ 



75. TRAGOPOGON. 



Gr. rpayoi, a goat, iroiyciyv, beard; in allusion to the tawny, showy pappus. 



Involucre simple, of many leaves ; receptacle naked : pappus plu- 

 mose , achenia longitudinally striate, contracted into a long, filiform 

 beak. — (D European herbs., with long., linear., grass-like lvs. 



T. PORRiFOLius. Salsify. Vegetable Oi/slcr. — Invol. much longer than the corol- 

 la ; lvs. long, linear, undivided, straight ; pcd. thickened upwards. Stem 3 — -If 

 high. Flowers terminal, .solitary, large, bluish-purple. This exotic is cultivated 

 in gardens for the root, which is long, tapering and nutritious. When properly 

 prepared it has a mild, sweetish taste, which has been compared to that of the 

 ovster. ^ 



76. CAT A NAN CHE. 



Gr. Kara, avayxri, from necessity : it TOMS? necessari/)/ be admired (?). 



Involucre imbricated, scarious ; receptacle paleaceous ; pappus pale- 

 aceous, 5-leaved ; palea9 awned. — ® Oriental herbs., with alternate., 

 lanceolate lvs. 



C. ccERULEA. — Lrs. linear and lanceolate, villous, somewhat bipinnatifid at 

 base ; lower sca'es of the invchicre ovate, mucronate. — From S. Europe. A hand- 

 some annual, 2 — 3f high. Heads solitary, on long peduncles with blue, spread- 

 ing, ligulate corollas toothed at apex. Jl. — Sept. f 



