20G COMPOSITE FAMILY 



63. ZINiiTA. (Named for a German professor, Zinn.) Commonly cul- 

 tivated for ornament : tt. all summer. 



Z. elcgans, the favorite GARDEN ZINNIA, from Mexico, with ovate heart- 

 shaped half clasping leaves, and verv large heads of rose-colored, purple, violet, 

 red, or whire Howers, 2 -3' in diameter, of late also full-double like a small 

 Dahlia ; cha.f of receptacle crested-toothed at tip ; akenes barely 2-toothed at 

 summit. Q 



Z. multiflbra, from Mexico, &c., now not common in gardens, being less 

 showy, has ovate-lanceolate leaves, hollow peduncle much enlarged under the 

 head, obov&te red-purple rays, blunt entire chaff, and 1-awned akenes. 



Z. angustifblia, cult, as Z AUREA, from Mexico, is widely and copiously 

 branched, luiigh-hairy, with lanceolate leaves, many small heads, oval orange- 

 yellow rays, and conspicuously pointed chaff. 



64. TAGETES, FRENCH or AFRICAN MARIGOLD, but from South 

 America and Mexico. (Mythological name.) Fl. all summer. (r> 



# Plant anise-scented, with entire leavts, stiutll corymbed heads, and few rays. 

 T. liicida, now rather uncommon in gardens, has glossy lanceolate serrato 

 leaves, and orange flowers. 



# * Plant strong-scented : leaves pinnate : leaflets cut-toothed : head large. 



T. erdcta, LARGE AFRICAN M., with lanceolate leaflets, inflated club- 

 shaped peduncles, and heads of orange or lemon-colored flowers, often full double. 



T. patula, FRENCH M., with finer lance-linear leaflets, cylindrical pedun- 

 cles, and narrower heads, the rays orange or with darker stripes. 



T. Signata is a more delicate low much-branched species, with finely cut 

 leaves, slender peduncles, and smaller heads, the 5 rays purple-spotted or spotted 

 and striped with darker orange at base. 



65. DYSODIA, FETID MARIGOLD. (Name, in Greek, denotes the 

 ill-scent of the plant.) Fl. late summer and autumn. 



D. Chrvsanthemoides. Roadsides and river-banks W. & S. W. : a low 



weed, nearly smooth, with spreading branches, opposite pinnately parted and 

 finely cut leaves, and fc\v yellow rays 



scared/ exceeding the involucre. 



66. CICHORIUM, SUCCORY, CICHORY, or CHICORY. (Arabic 

 name of the plant.) Fl. all summer. 



C. IntybllS, COMMON C. Nat. from Eu. by roadsides, &c. mainly E. -. 

 leaves runcinate, rough-hairy on the midrib, or the upper ones on flowering 

 stems small and Bract-like, entire ; showy blue flowers opening only in tho 

 morning and in cloudy weather ; deep root used as substitute for coffee. 11 



C. Endivia, ENDIVE, cult, from East Indies, for autumn salad ; leaves 

 smooth, slightly or deeply toothed, or much cut and crisped, flowering stem* 

 short and leafy. (2) (i) 



87. TRAGOPOGON, SALSIFY. (Greek name for goafs-beard, from 

 the pappus.) Fl. early summer. 



T. porrifblius, COMMON S. or OYSTER-PLANT. Cult, from Eu. for the 

 edible tap-root, sometimes running wild : smooth and pale, 2 -4 high, branch- 

 ing, with long leaves tapering from a clasping base to a slender apex, verv large 

 heaiU on hollow peduncle much thickened upwards, and deep violet-purple 

 flowers. (D 



68. LEONTODON, IIAWKBIT. (Greek name for lion-tooth, from the 

 runcinate leaves of some speeies.) 



L. autumnale, FALL DANDELION or HAWKBIT. Nat. from Europe in 

 meadows and lawns E. : leaves pinnatifld or laciniate; scapes slender, 8'- 12* 

 high, branching ; peduncles thickish aud scaly-bracted next the small head 

 fl. summer and autumn. 2/ 



