200 WEEDS AND USEFUL PLANTS. 
27. LAP’PA, Tournef. Burpock. 
[Greek, labein, to seize ; from its adhesive involucres.] 
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.. short, sien, scabrous not united into a ring a , caducous. 
Biennial herbs, and branching. Leaves shenuiate subcordate, 
petiolate, large. ha ther small, solitary or somewhat ae 
1. L. ma’jor, Gertn. Lower leaves cordate-oblong, upper ones ovate ; 
es of the involuere all ibulnis with uncinate tips, ae es ioaaely 
Ol 
EA’ , ock, 
Fr. Glouteron. Germ. Die Klette. Span. Bardana Lampazo. 
Root biennial. Siem 2-4 or 6 feet high, paniculately branching, striate-sulcate, rough- 
ish-pubescent. Leaves green and — pabouicarie Ghee, paler and arachnoid-tomen- 
tose beneath,—the radical ones 1-2 feet long, erosely i Seat eand undulate on the margin, 
sometimes pinnatifid, or coarsely and deeply denta’ 9-18 in ph long ; stem- 
,an ud r less ovate. He soins Seen: on short : poaincien termi- 
nal and ax illary pare e involucre pt ag keeled, minutely serrulate, 
poser a spre, with ne point powered and hooked. Florets purple, with bluish 
anthers, “Akenes “vest angular; ru ngos Receptacle ‘fimbr illate,—the bristly chaff 
smooth, longer obit e akenes. 
Fence-rows and mast places : ‘a teodubed. Native of Europe. FI. July-September. 
Fr. September - Octobe 
Obs. Everybody inom this coarse homely weed, ae tes it has gain- 
ed adm: giganto verybody does not take care to keep it in due sub- 
aoe of the calest and Sirest Spain x of, tg negligence 
ta Peg fe ard, is revalence of huge lant is 
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Sckieaniy bitter ; and the leaves are a favorite I application in 
fevers, head-ache, &c. 
28. CICHO’RIUM, Tournef. Succory. 
[Etymology obscure : perhaps from Chicouryeh, the Arabic name of the plant.] 
Heads usually n many-flowered. Involucre double —the outer one of about 
= - 10 scales. i ay zs — 
ew wpe 
angular, striate, glab appus of 2 
rous wey a eee ape scales, soe fai Storrs bright "plas, a 
LC. Int y’bus, L. Radical leaves runcinate, hispidly scabrous on the 
midcib, het ous e ones small, oblong or lanceolate, partly , 
sinuate-denta r entire—those of the branches inconspi CUOUS ; 
axillary, sarod mostly in pairs. 
Wild Succory. Chiccory. 
Fr. La Chicorée sauvage. Germ. Der Wegewart. “Som Aaa 
