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CICHORIUM, Tourn. Succory. Chicory. 



C. Intyhus, L. Succory. Chicory. 



Minneapolis, iferric/f; near Excelsior, Hennepin county, Mrs. Terry. Rare. 



KRIGIA, Schreber. (Including Cynthia, Don.) Krigia. 



K. Vii'ginica, Willd. Dwarf Dandelion. 

 Upper Mississippi river, Garrison. Eare. 



K. aiiiplexicaulis, Nutt. (Cynthia Virginica, Don,) Cynthia. 



Common, or frequent, througli the south half of the state ; extending north at least 

 to Morrison county (common), Upham, and the upper Mississippi river Garrison. 



TROXIMON, Nutt. Troximon. 



T. cuspidatum, Pursh. Troximon. 



Common, or frequent, through the south and west portions of the state ; extending 

 northeast to lake Pepin, Miss Manning, Minneapolis, Twining, Roberts, Stearns county, 

 Camphell, and Pembina, Chickcring . 



T. glaucuiM, Nutt.* Tioximon. 



Eed river prairie, Dawson, Havard; near Glyndon, Leiherg, Gedge; Kittson, Ste- 

 vens and Lincoln counties. Upham. West. [T. aurantiacum, Hook., has been 

 reported, but probably erroneously, at Pembina.] 



TRAGOPOGON, L. Goat's-Beard. Vegetable Oyster, 



T. 2)ratensis, L.f Yellow' Goat's-Beard. 



Naturalized in meadow of Spring creek near Red Wing, Sandberg. 



HIERACIUM, Tourn. Hawkweed. 



H. iiuibellatiini, L.^ Hawkweed. 



North shore of lake Superior to the Eocky mountains and northward, Gray's Syn- 

 optical Floraof N. A.; probably in northern Minnesota. 



* Troximon glaucum, Nutt. Usually a foot or two high, rather stout, pale or 

 glaucous, either glabrous or with loose pubescence : leaves linear to lanceolate, from 

 entire to sparingly dentate or sometimes laciniate, 4 to 12 inches long : involucre com- 

 monly an inch high and many-flowered; its bracts lanceolate or broader; outer series 

 shorter, often pubescent, or even villous : akenes with apex tapering gradually into a 

 rather stout and nerved beak which is shorter than the body ; akenes with the beak 5 

 or 6 lines long, longer than the pappus, the copious and rather rigid bristles of which 

 are (as in most species) only denticulate-scabrous. Oray's Synoptical Flora of N, A. 



tTRAGOPOGON, L. Involucre simple, of many leaves ; receptacle naked; pappus 

 plumous, acheaia longitudinally striate, contracted into a long, filiform beak. Biennial 

 European herbs, with long, linear, grass-like leaves. Wood's Class-Booh. 



T. pratensis, L. Leaves linear, those of the stem dilated at the base and abruptly 

 acuminated into a slender point towards the apex, glabrous. Peduncles scarcely thick- 

 ened beneath the anthodes [heads]. Florets yellow. Achenes with the beak about 

 as long as the achene, ribbed ; those of the outer florets usually muricated on the ribs. 

 Pappus of all the florets of plumose hairs. Sowerby's English Botany, vol. v. 



tHiERACiuM UMBELLATDM, L. Stem a foot Or two high, strict, leafy to the top, 

 bearing a few somewhat umbellately disposed heads : leaves narrowly or sometimes 

 broadly lanceolate, nearly entire, sparsely denticulate, occasionally laciniate-dentate, 

 all narrow at base ; the cauUne leaves all closely sessile : involucre half inch high, or 

 sometimes smaller, usually livid, glabrous or nearly so : outermost bracts loose or 

 spreading. Gray's Synoptical Flora of N. A. 



