3&8 LXXV. COMPOSITE. CATANANCHE. 



K. VIRGINICA. Wifld. (Hyoseris. MX. Cynthia. Beck.} Dwarf Dandelion. 



Scape 1-flowered; Ivs. lanceolate, lyrate, smooth ; invol. smooth. This 



little plant is Ibund on sandy hills and by roadsides, Can. to La. Scapes 1 



several, smooth, slender, 18' high. After flowering it becomes longer than 

 the leaves. The primary leaves are roundish, entire ; the rest irregularly lyrate. 

 Scales of the involucre 10 15, linear-lanceolate, arranged in a somewhat sim- 

 ple series. Corollas yellow. Ach.turbinate, scabrous, reddish-brown. May JJ. 



73. CYNTHIA. Don. 



One of the names of Diana; its application to this genus is not pbvious. 



Involucre nearly simple, of equal, narrow scales ; receptacle flat, 

 alveolate ; pappus double, the outer minute, scaly ; inner copious, 

 capillary ; achenia short. 1\- Lvs. alternate or all radical. lids, with 

 15 20 yellow flowers. 



C. VIRGINICA. Don. (Tragopogon. Linn. Krigia amplexicaulis. Nutt.) 

 SI. mostly simple, scape-like ; radical Ivs. sublyrate or pinnatifid, on short, 

 winged petioles; cauline ones lanceolate, amplexicaul, entire. In barrens and 

 dry soils, Western N. Y. to 111. ! &c. The plant is smooth and glaucous. Stem 

 1 2f high, often dichotomously divided, with 1 2 clasping leaves at the forks. 

 Radical leaves 3 5' long, sometimes 'nearly entire. Heads terminal on the 

 bracteate and subumbellate peduncles, with deep yellow flowers. Scales united 

 at base in a somewhat double series. May July. 



74. LEONTODON. 



Gr. Aewv, a lion, oJovj, a tooth; in reference to the deeply toothed leave*. 



Involucre imbricate, the outer scales very short ; receptacle na- 

 ked 5 pappus plumose, persistent on the somewhat rostrate achenia. 

 Acaulescent herbs, with white fis. many in a head. 



L. AUTUMNALIS. (Apargia. Willd.} Autumnal Hawkweed. 

 Scape branching ; ped. scaly ; Ivs. lanceolate, dentate-pinnatifid, smoothish. 

 A European plant, naturalized and common in the eastern parts of N. Eng- 

 iand, growing in grass-lands and by roadsides. The flower resembles those of 

 the dandelion (Taraxacum). Root large, abrupt. Scape round, striate, hol- 

 low, decumbent at base, 6 18' high, with a few branches and scattered scales. 

 Leaves all radical, spreading, 6' long, with deep, round sinuses, and covered 

 with remote hairs. Heads 1' diam. yellow, appearing from July to Nov. $ 



75. TRAGOPOGON. 



Gr. rpnyof, a goat, Trwywv, beard; in allusion to the tawny, showy pappus. 



Involucre simple, of many leaves ; receptacle naked ; pappus plu- 

 mose ; achenia longitudinally striate, contracted into a long, filiform 

 beak. European herbs, with long, linear, grass-like Ivs. 



T. PORRIPOLIUS. Salsify. Vegetable Ch/s/cr. Invol. much longer than the corol- 

 la ; Ivs. long, linear, undivided, straight ; ped. thickened upwards. Stem 3 4f 

 high. Flowers terminal, solitary, large, bluish-purple. This exotic is cultivated 

 in gardens for the root, which is long, tapering and nutritious. When properly 

 prepared it has a mild, sweetish taste, which has been compared to that of the 

 oyster. $ 



76. CATANANCHE. 



Gr. Kara, avayKrj, from necessity : it must necessarily be admired (?). 



Involucre imbricated, scarious ; receptacle paleaceous ; pappus pale- 

 aceous, 5-leaved ; paleaj awned. Oriental herbs, with alternate, 

 lanceolate Ivs. 



C. CCBRULEA. Lvs. linear and lanceolate, villous, somewhat bipinnatifid at 

 base ; lower scales of the involucre ovate, mucronate. From S. Europe. A hand- 

 some annual, 2 3f high. Heads solitary, on long peduncles with blue, spread- 

 ing, ligulate corollas toothed at apex. Jl. Sept. f 



