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 1-2 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. California 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. 



