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copses. A. Fi. July, August. Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. In all the 
Districts frequent. Stem rising to the height of 2 or 8 feet. Leaves 
soft and flaccid, a little hairy ; the radical ones often lyrate. Heads 
small, with few florets. wit destitute of pappus. 
CicHorium, (Linn.) Succory, Cutcory. 
Linn. Cl. xix. Ord. i. 
Named from chikouryeh, the Arabic name. 
1. C. Intybus, (Linn.) wild Succory orendive. Engl. Bot. ¢. 539. 
St. 6. 15. 
Locality. About the borders of fields, in waste places, and by 
road-sides, chiefly on a gravelly or chalky soil. P, Fl. July, 
August. Area, 1.2. 3.4.5. General in all the Districts. Flowers 
numerous, large, handsome, bright blue, sometimes white. Scales 
of the pappus very short. Fruit angular. C. Endivia, the common 
endive of the garden, isa well known salad, believed to have been 
originally introduced from the East Indies; the bitterness of its 
foliage is much lessened by cultivation in a rich soil, and it is still 
more palatable by blanching; by some botanists it has been con- 
sidered a mere variety of our indigenous species. ©. Intybus. 
Hyrocuaris, (Linn.) Cat’s-Ear. 
Linn. Cl. xix. Ord. i. 
Name. From (hupo), for, and (choirus), a hog; the roots being 
eaten by that animal. 
1. H. radicata (Linn.) long-rooted Cat’s-ear. Engl. Bot. t. 831. 
Locality. Pastures, banks, and waste ground. P. Fl. July, 
August. Area,1. 2.3.4.5. More or less distributed through the 
County. Root strong, tapering, running deep into the ground. 
Stem, 1 foot or more high. Peduneles a little thickened upwards. 
Flowers large yellow, Achenes of ali the florets beaked. 
TurinciA, (Roru.) THRINcIA. 
Linn. Cl. xix. Ord. i. 
Name. From (thrinkos), a feather, in allusion to the feathery 
pappus or seed-down. 
1. T. hirta (D.C.) hairy Trincia. »Zngl. Bot. t.555. 
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