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nating near the middle. Herbs with a mUky juice! leaves alternate; receptacle 

 generally naked. 



224. CICHO V RIU]*I, Tournef. 

 [Formed from CMcouryeh, the Arabic name of the plant.] 

 Heads many-flowered. Involucral scales in 2 series, the outer 

 about 5 in number, short and spreading the inner 8 or 10. Akenes 

 turbinate, striate, smooth ; pappus crown-like, formed of numerous 

 minute chaffy obtuse scales. 



1. C. Intifbus, L. Radical leaves runcinate, hispidly scabrous on 

 the midrib, stem-leaves oblong, sinuate-dentate or entire, partly 

 clasping ; heads axillary, subsessile, mostly in pairs. 



Wild Succory. Chicory. 



Perennial. Stem 2 to 4 feet high, with virgate roughish-pubescent branches. 

 Radical leaves 4 to 8 or 10 inches long; sternrleaves smaller, inconspicuous on the 

 branches. Heads of flowers axillary on the side of the stem and branches, in 

 pairs, or often solitary ; florets blue, or purplish, sometimes white. 

 Hab. Fields, and meadows. Nat. of Europe. Fl. Aug. Fr. Sept. 



Obs. This foreigner is becoming frequent in the northern side of 

 our County, and is justly ranked among the unprofitable intruders. 



2. C. ENDIVIA, Willd. var. SATIVA, DC. Radical leaves obovate- 



oblong, sinuate-dentate, or pinnatifid, smoothish, stem-leaves 



auriculately dilated at base ; heads aggregated in twos and fours in 

 the axils of the upper leaves, or solitary on elongated branches. 4 

 Garden Succory. Endive. 



Biennial, or sometimes annual. Stem 2 to 3 feet high, somewhat branched, fistu- 

 lar, smoothish, or sparsely hirsute. Radical leaves 6 to 12 inches long, tapering 

 to the base, toothed, or pinnatifid with the margin curled and lacerate. Outer in- 

 volucral scales hispid-ciliate ; florets violet-purple, sometimes white. 

 Hab. Gardens. Nat. of India. Fl. July. Fr. Sept. 



Obs. This is cultivated for the young radical leaves, which are 

 etiolated or blanched by the exclusion of light, and then used as a 

 Salad. The sort with crisped leaves is considered as the best for the 

 table. 



225. KRIG'IA, Schreber. 

 [Named in honor of David Krieg; a German Botanist.] 



Heads several- (15- to 20-) flowered. Involucral scales several, 

 somewhat in a double series. Akenes turbinate, striate-angular ; 

 pappus double, the outer of 5 rounded chaffy scales the inner of 

 as many alternating slender bristles. Small annuals : leaves mostly 

 all radical ; heads solitary, small, on naked elongating simple scapes ; 

 florets yellow. 



1. K. Virginica, Willd. Leaves mostly lyrate, smooth and 

 glaucous, the earlier ones rounded or spatulate. 

 VIRGINIAN KRIGIA. Dwarf Dandelion. 



Leaves 1 to 2 or 3 inches in length, often lanceolate and sinuate-dentate, nar- 

 rowed to a petiole at base. Scape 3 to 9 inches high, slender, usually 2 to 4 or 5 

 from the root, sometimes solitary. Involucral scales linear-lanceolate, nearly equal, 

 spreading. Akenes reddish-brown, crowned with 5 cuneate-obovate membranous 

 scales, and 5 scabrous white bristles. 

 Hab. Dry, sandy ground; roadsides, Ac. : frequent. Fl. May. Fr. June. 



