Cichoriaceae 275 



or gravelly stream banks, frequent through- 

 out the region; flowering during most of the 

 summer. 



Lobelia Smooth throughout or slightly 



hairy below; stem simple or 

 strictiflora 

 Rydb slightly branched, erect, leafy, 



Brook 4-8 inches high. Leaves basal, 



Lobelia. small, J-J- an inch long, obovate, 



hairy ; stem leaves linear. Flowers light blue 

 or white, J or nearly J an inch long on erect 

 pedicels slightly more than their own length; 

 petals 5, the two upper erect, J of an inch 

 long, very slender, the 3 lower broader, \ of 

 an inch long and spreading, in loose racemes , 

 lower bracts linear lanceolate, the upper 

 hair-like. 



On wet banks or wet gravelly or sandy 

 ground at the lower altitudes throughout the 

 Rockies, abundant locally; flowering in July. 



ClCHORIACE^ 



Chicory Family 

 Herbs almost always with milky juice, 



