COMPOSITE FAMILY. Composite. 



f A small annual species of dandelion 



Dandelion witn man y long* slender flower-stalks ris- 



Krigia ing from a circle of small, irregularly 



Virginica lobed leaves, each stalk bearing a single 



May^AugusT S olden y ellow flovver scarcely f inch 

 broad ; later it becomes branched and 

 bears a few leaves. The hairy down of the seeds is short. 

 2-12 inches high. Common in dry soil or on sandy 

 banks everywhere. 



A similar but tall perennial species with 

 Kngia smooth stem covered with a slight bloom, 



and smooth basal leaves distinctly stalked, 

 scarcely toothed, but with a wavy outline. A small 

 leaflet clasps the flowering stem about half-way up ; 

 from this proceed 2-5 branches bearing deep golden yel- 

 low flowers 1£ inches broad. 1-2 feet high. Moist pas- 

 tures and fields. Mass., south to Ga., west to Kan. 



A small dandelion, naturalized from 

 Fall Dandelion Europe with a j branching flower- 



Leontodon .,«.■«. . , . , 



autumnalis stalk > which is set with tiny bracts or 

 Light golden scales about ^ inch apart. The blunt- 

 yellow lobed, narrow, small basal leaves are dull 

 ~" y ~ green and smooth. The light golden yel- 

 low flower erect in the bud about an inch 

 broad, in twos or threes, or rarely solitary. The slender 

 stalks of these dandelions above described are somewhat 

 wiry, not tubular like those of the common spring dan- 

 delion. 7-18 inches high. In fields and along road- 

 sides. Me. to Pa., Ohio, and Mich., and northward. 

 Common in the vicinity of Boston. Name from the 

 Greek for lio?i and tooth. The var. pratensis is similar, 

 but the flower-envelop and the tip of the flower-stalk 

 immediately below it are very fine-hairy. Me. to Conn., 

 and Nantucket, Mass. 



A very common but beautiful weed 

 Succory naturalized from Europe, found on road- 



Cichorium sides and in waste places particularly 



Intybus about the seaboard towns. Stem stout, 



yiolet=bIue tough, and stiff, with generally lance- 

 July-October . ° ' , _ , ., , 

 shaped, dark gray-green, coarse- toothed 



leaves. The violet-blue flower, similar in form to the 



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