236 coMPosnvE, (composite family.) 



1. K. Virginica, "Willd. Stems or scapes several, forking daring the 

 season (1'- 10' high) ; earlier leaves roundish, entire, the others narrower, often 

 pinnatifid. — Var. dichotoma is a branched and leafy summer state. — New 

 England to Illinois and southward, mostly near the coast. April -Aug. 



74. CYNTHIA, Don. Cynthia. 



Heads many-flowered. Scales of the involucre several, somewhat in 2 rows. 

 Achcnia short, striate. Pappus double; the outer of numerous very small 

 chaffy bristles ; the inner of numerous capillary elongated bristles. — Low pe- 

 rennial herbs, nearly smooth and glaucous, with scattered or radical leaves; 

 the scapes or naked peduncles (often bristly at the apex) bearing rather showv 

 single heads. Flowers yellow. (Probably named after Mount Cynthus.) 



1. C. Vil'giuica, Don. Boots Jibrous ; stem-leaves 1 -•■ 2, oblong or lance- 

 olate-spatuhvte, clasping, mostly entire; the radical ones on short winged peti- 

 oles, often toothed, rarely pinnatifid ; peduncles 2-5. — Moist banks, New York 

 to Michigan and southward. June. — Stem 1° high, or more. 



2. C. S>an«lcli0S1, DC. Scapes leafless, from a tuberous root (6'- 15' 

 high) ; leaves varying from spatulate-oblong to linear-lanceolate, entire or few- 

 lobed. — Moist ground, Maryland to Kentucky, and southward. March -July. 



75. L,E©rVT©I>OIV, L., Juss. Hawkbit. Pall Dandelion. 



Heads many-flowered. Involucre scarcely imbricated, but with several bract- 

 lets at the base. Achcnia spindle-shaped, striate, all alike. Pappus persistent, 

 composed of plumose bristles which are enlarged and flattened towards the base. 

 — Low and stemlcss perennials, with toothed or pinnatifid root-leaves, the scapes 

 bearing one or more yellow heads. (Name from \eoov, a lion, and 6&ovs, a tooth, 

 in allusion to the toothed leaves.) — The following belongs to the subgenus 

 Oporinia, with a tawny pappus of a single row of equal bristles. 



1. Li. autumn ale, L. (Fall Dandelion.) Leaves more or less pin- 

 natifid ; scape branched ; peduncles thickened at the summit and furnished with 

 small scaly bracts. Meadows and road-sides ; common in E. New England . 

 Aug. -Oct. (Nat. from Eu.) 



76. HIEBACIUM, Tourn. Hawkweed. 



Heads many-flowered. Involucre more or less imbricated. Achcnia oblong 

 or columnar, striate, not beaked. Pappus a single row of tawny fragile capil- 

 lary bristles. — Perennial herbs, with entire or toothed leaves, and single or pan- 

 icled heads of yellow flowers. (Name from tipa£, a hawk.) 



* Heads large and broad: involucre imbricated : achenia tapering towards the base. 



1. II. Canadcnse, Michx. (Canada Hawkweed.) Stems simple, 

 leafy, corymbed at the summit (l°-3° high); leaves sessile, lanceolate or 

 ovate-oblong, acute, remotely and very coarsely toothed, somewhat hairy, the 

 uppermost slightly clasping. — Dry woods, Massachusetts to Michigan, and 

 northward. Aug. 



