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Ballast-weed. Introduced from the Mediter- 

 ranean region. Summer. 



Sub-Family 2. Liguliflorce. 



All flowers of the head ligulate. 



Tribe I. CICHORIACEJS. 

 63. Stephanomeria Nutt. 



Head few-flowered. Involucre 1-seriate, 

 caljculate. Receptacle flat, naked. Akenes 

 5-costate, with a callosity at their place of in- 

 sertion. Pappus 1-seriate, bristly, plumose, 

 white, coalescent. 0. 



1. S. VIRGATA Benth. Flowers matutinal. 

 Common. Summer. 



64. Rafinesquia Nutt. 



Head co-flowered. Involucre 1-seriate, 

 calyculate. Eeceptacle flat, naked. Akenes 

 rostrate, with a callosity at their place of in- 

 sertion; pappus white, plumose, capillary, 

 coalescent. 0. Flowers pale. 



1. E. UALIFORNICA Nutt. Common. Sum- 

 mer. 

 The smell of the plant resembles that of opium. 



65. Hypochaeris L. 



Involucre imbricate. Receptacle paleaceous. 

 Palese deciduous. Akenes rostrate; pappus 

 plumose. Flowers yellow. 



