SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA JEQ. Cichorium. 227 



rough, stalkless. Cal. furrowed, sprinkled lengthways with 

 clammy hairs. Styles, as soon as they have passed through the 

 anthers, brown. 



HYPOCH^RIS. Cafs-ear. 



H. maculatai and H. glabra. See Appendix. 



H. radicdta. Long-rooted G. Leaves runcinate, blunt- 

 ish, rough. Stems branched, naked, smooth. Flower- 

 stalks scaly. Down of all the seeds stalked. E. B. 

 831. C. 3. 52. Hieracium longius radicatum, G. 

 E. 298. 



Pastures f ivaste ground,. 



Per. July. 



Ls. all from the root, close to the ground. Fl. large, bright yellow. 

 Root very long. Recep. beset -with long, sharp, chaffy scales 

 among the florets, the character of the genus. Down on the 

 stalk feathery, rough. Flor. purplish on the outside. Flower- 

 idalks thickest nearest the flower. Cal. -scales roughish at the keel. 

 Scales spear-shaped, one at the base of each branch, with a few 

 white, bristly teeth at the base on each side. . , 



LATSANA. Nipple-wort.' 



L. communis. Common iV. Calyx of the fruit angular. 



Stem branched, panicled, leafy. Leaves egg-shaped, 



stalked, toothed. Flower-stalks cylindrical, even, 



slender. E. B. 844. C. 1.59. Lampsana. G. E. 255. 



fVaste and cultivated ground. 

 An. July. 



Ls. slightly toothed. Root-Is. lyrate, the rest egg-shaped, alter- 

 nate, stalkless, pointed, fl. -stalks alternate, erect, with a small 

 pointed bractea at the base of each. FL small, bright yellow. 

 Cal. smooth, permanent. 



The young Is. in spring, taste like radishes : eaten by the inha- 

 bitants of Constantinople, raw as a salad. In some parts of 

 England, boiled as greens. Liglitf. Fl. Scot. 

 L. pusilla. See Appendix. 



CICHO'RIUM. Succory. 

 C. 'Intybns, Wild S. Flowers in pairs, both nearly 

 stalkless. Root leaves runcinate. E. B. 539. C. 4. 

 56. C. sylvestre. G. E. 284. 



Borders of fields, road sides. 

 Per. July. 



Stem two or three f , hard and tough, alternately branched, with 

 lateral flowers from the side of the stem, mostly in pairs, with 



' From its supposed virtue in the cure of sore nipples. ' Ang.-Sax. 



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