448 Cichorieae 



clasping at the base, and long-peduncled large heads of 

 purple or yellow flowers. Involucre cylindric, its bracts 

 in 1 series, acuminate, united at the base. Ligules trun- 

 cate, 5-toothed. Achenes linear, terete or 5-angled, 5-10- 

 ribbed, with slender beaks or the outer beakless. Pappus 

 bristles in 1 series, plumose, connate at the base. 



1. T. porrifolius L. (SALSIFY.) Erect, somewhat branched, 

 5-8 dm. high, glabrous and somewhat succulent; peduncles 

 thickened and hollow for some distance below the head ; bracts 

 exceeding the purple flowers; achenes often 4 mm. long, the 

 outer ones with scale-like tubercles, especially on the ribs ; beak 

 long, slender ; pappus tawny. 



A frequent escape from cultivation, especially in the coast valleys. 



75. MALACOTHBIX DC. 



Annual or perennial herbs with alternate or basal 

 mostly pinnatifid leaves and long-peduncled panicled or 

 solitary heads of yellow rarely white flowers. Involucre 

 campanulate, its principal bracts in 12 series, equal or 

 nearly so, with several series of short exterior ones. 

 Receptacle flat, naked or bristly. Rays truncate and 

 5-toothed at apex. Achenes oblong or linear, glabrous, 

 10-15-ribbed, truncate or margined and 4 5-toothed at 

 the summit. Pappus bristles in 2 series, the inner 

 naked or minutely serrulate, slender, coherent at the 

 base and deciduous in a ring, the outer few, more persist- 

 ent. 



1. M. Californica DC. Annual, scapose, 3 dm. high or less; 

 leaves basal, tufted, laciniately 1-2-pinnatifid into narrow linear 

 lobes, when young woolly with long, loose, soft hairs ; heads soli- 

 tary on naked scapes, large and showy, 5 cm. broad or less; in- 

 volucre broadly campanulate, about 2 cm. high; outer bracts 

 slender-subulate; flowers pale yellow; achenes narrow, faintly 

 striate-costate ; outer pappus of 2 persistent bristles, the inner 

 capillary, deciduous. 



Common on sandy soil along the coast and in the interior valleys. March- 

 May. 



