288 POWDERED VEGETABLE DRUGS 



59. (Fig. 70.) CICHORIUM. Chicory. Succory. 

 Roasted, coarsely powdered. 



Cichorie, G. Chicoree sauvage, Fr. 



The roots of Cichorium Intybus L., Compositse. 



Roasted Very dark brown. 



Unroasted Light brown. 



Roasted Aromatic , characteristic . 



Unroasted Nearly odorless, recalling taraxacum. 



Roasted Sweetish, bitterish, astringent. 



Unroasted -Bitter. 



Parenchyma with inulin; tracheids; cork tissue; lacticiferous ducts. 

 Woody tissue more abundant in the wild growing chicory. Roots 

 of the cultivated plant fleshy; the parenchyma predominating. 



Used as an adulterant of coffee or added intentionally to modify 

 the flavor. 



