OLASS XIX. ORDER I. | CICHORIUM. 1043 
end; leaves lanceolate, linear lanceolate, nearly smooth, toothed or 
entire, the upper sessile, the lower petiolated. 
English Botany, t. 1771.—English Flora, vol. iii, p. 370.—Hooker, 
British Flora, ed. 4. vol. i. p. 295.—Lindley, Synopsis, p. 161. 
Root fibrous. Stem erect, about three feet high, round, striated, 
leafy, simple, more or less downy, or smooth. Leaves lanceolate, or 
linear lanceolate, scattered, the radical tapering into a footstalk, the 
upper sessile, all more or less toothed, dark green above, pale beneath, 
smooth or hairy, sometimes rough, with bristly pubescence, especially 
on the margin and mid-rib. Inflorescence a terminal sub-umbellate 
coryinb, the bracteas small, linear, and peduncles quite smooth, or 
minutely downy or hairy. Flowers not very numerous, bright yellow, 
about an inch across. Jnvolucre smooth, of linear imbricated scales. 
Florets linear, obtuse, finely toothed at the end. /'ruit linear, obtuse, 
angular, and finely dotted, reddish brown. Pappus a dirty white, 
very fragile, rough. 
Habitat.—Shady places, and stony or rocky situations. 
Perennial; flowering in August and September. 
This is readily distinguished from all the others by its narrow 
lanceolate leaves. In this respect, however, it is somewhat variable, 
but not so much so as in conjunction with its other characters, te 
render it a difficult species to determine. 
GENUS XIII. CICHORI'UM.—Linn. Succory. 
Nat. Ord. Composi'Tz. Juss. 
Gen. Cuar. Involucrum of eight scales, united at the base, and sur- 
rounded by five smaller outer ones. eceptacle naked, or 
slightly hairy. #ruit striated. Pappus scaly, sessile, shorter 
than the fruit—Name chikoury eh, in Arabic. 
1. C. In'tybus, Linn. (Fig. 1230.) Wild Succory. Heads of flowers 
two or more, sessile and pedunculated in the axis of the leaves; 
upper leaves lanceolate, with a broad base embracing the stem, the 
lower ones runcinate. 
English Botany, t. 539.—English Flora, vol. iii. p. 880.—Hooker, 
British Flora, ed. 4. vol. i. p. 296.—Lindley, Synopsis, p. 162. 
Root tapering, fleshy, milky. Stem erect, from two to three feet 
high, round, furrowed, branched, leafy, rough, with rigid hairs. 
Leaves bright, rough, the lower runcinate, from four to six inches 
long, tapering into a footstalk, the lobes entire, or toothed, the upper 
leaves much smaller, sessile, less lobed and toothed, the floral ones 
linear, or lanceolate, dilated at the base, and embracing the stem. 
Inflorescence axillary. Flowers large, beautiful bright blue, in pairs, 
or several together, sessile, or elevated on ashort peduncle. Involucre 
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