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COMPOSITE. 



cultivated ground. The stems in this species are leaf- 

 l esSj 68 inches high, swelling and hollow upwards, 

 and terminating in small yellow flowers. 



ciOHtfRiUM fNTYBUS(JFiW Chicory, or Succory). 



13. CICHORIUM (Chicory). 



1. 0. tntybm (Wild Chicory, or Succory). Well 

 distinguished by its tough, twig-like stems, along which 

 are ranged large, blue, sessile flowers. Sir Jas. E. 

 Smith, the distinguished founder of the Linnean Society, 

 seldom saw the delicate blue flowers of the wild Succory 

 without recalling to mind, that, when in infancy their 

 beauty caught his eye and attracted his admiration 

 above most others, he tried in vain to pluck them from 

 the stalk. In an introductory lecture at the Koyal 



