﻿Vol. 42 No. 10 



BULLETIN 



OF THE 



TORREY BOTANICAL CLUB 



OCTOBER, 19 1 5 



The ferns and flowering plants of Nantucket— XVI 



Eugene P. Bicknell 



CICHORIACEAE 



CiCHORIUM InTYBUS L. 



In fields and by roadsides, not very common; most frequent 

 in the neighborhood of the town. Twenty-seven years ago Mrs. 

 Owen, writing of the chicory as a roadside plant along the south 

 end of Orange Street, said that it had been known there for fifty 

 years. It has remained established there to this day. First 

 flowers July 3, 1912; continues in bloom nearly or quite through 

 September. 

 Krigia virginica (L.) Willd. 



Dry open places throughout, sometimes in white sand on dunes 

 and wastes. Just in flower May 30, 1909; in full flower May 30, 

 1908; still in bloom July 4, 1912; a few remaining flowers August 



* Hypochaeris radicata L. 



Several clusters, in early bloom July 18, 1910, among the 

 ruins of a house foundation on "the Cliff." Collected in 1898 by 

 Warren H. Manning below "the Cliff," "where it seemed to be 

 well established" (F. G. Floyd). 

 Apargia autumnalis (L.) Hoffm. 



Abundant and, when in full bloom, brightly conspicuous in 

 low fields and grassy places everywhere in the town region and 

 {The Bulletin for September (42:487-548. pi. 28. 29) was issued November 5. 1915.] 



