ROUND-LEAVED MALLOW. 68 



mature at the same time. This brings out an interesting point in their relations to 

 insects, as shown by H. Miiller. The styles, instead of mingling with the anthers, 

 hold themselves strictly above the drooping stamens, and self-fertilization is impos- 

 sible. To secure cross-fertilization the flowers are large, and more showy than in 

 rotundifolia, and attract many insects, which bring and carry pollen. June to 

 September. 



II. Musk Mallow (M. mosckatus). Flowers not quite so large as the last, rosy, 

 clustered at end of erect stems. Leaves divided into five to seven segments, which 

 are nearly pinnate. Very slight odour of musk when the leaves are passed through 

 the hands. Dry meadows and hedgerows. July and August. The Marsh-mallow 

 belongs to another genus (A Ithcea). 



Chicory or Succory (Cichorium intybus). Plate 69. 



The Wild Chicory is peculiarly a plant of the dry roadside, 

 especially in chalky districts, where it is a striking feature. The 

 rigid erectness of its stems is not pleasing, but the bright, pale- 

 blue flowers, attached to the stem without the intervention of 

 flower-stalks, arrest attention. Its thick, fleshy tap-root is the 

 substance that, when roasted and ground, bulks so largely in 

 " The finest French Coffees, as sold in Paris," of our grocers. 

 For this purpose it is cultivated on a large scale in Germany 

 and Belgium. 



If reference be made to the figure of the Dandelion on page 

 20 it will be seen that there is considerable resemblance 

 between the leaves of the two. The radical leaves of Chicory 

 spread themselves out, rosette fashion, upon the ground ; the 

 few that are scattered alternately up the somewhat hairy stem 

 clasp the latter with the two lobes at their base. The flowers 

 are usually in pairs. The involucre consists of two series of 

 bracts, the outer row being reflexed, and shorter than the inner. 

 The tubes of the ray-florets are split open, so that the rays are 

 broad and strap-shaped, with a straight end notched into five 

 ceeth. It flowers from July to October. 



The generic name is from an old Greek name for the plant, 

 and a similar word is in use in nearly all the languages of 

 civilization. 



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