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Heads small, with }'ellow fl., in terminal panicles with small 

 subulate .bracts at tlje subdivisions. ■ Involucre of the fruit erect. 

 — Waste' and'culiivated land. l^lyit'VIIL ,' .■;',' E. S. I. ^ 



, B, Receptacle naked, Fappm like a crojpfi, of many entire 



broad soaks. , ,1 



, 3^. Aknps'bei?- ffaert., Swijie's, Succory. , 



1. A. pusSla (Gaert.). — -Lapsetim Sm. — St. 3 — 8 in. high, 

 swelling and hollow upwards, leafless, -^ith a minute bract at 

 the base of each branch. Eadh branch ovei'toppiag its prede- 

 cessor' and, giiadually thickening ,i^p, to theiSQlitary8ni,aIl terminal 

 head of yellow flowers. Inv,, cbniiivent over the fr. when its 

 phyll. become reinarkably keeled. Keceptacle honeycombed 

 towards the marg^, ■ Fr. small, pbpv;ate^ atteni^ate below, 5- 

 angled. lu, radical, oblong, toothed. — GrrWeUy aid. sandv fields, 

 rare. A. ^l;— MH.,. ,:,^l ',' , ' E. S. 



35. Cicho'kitim: Linn. Succory. CMcory. 



1. C. Inltyhus (L.) jiow^r ' 1. runcinate hispid on the keel, 

 upper 1. oblong or lanceolate, plasping entire, ,|ieads axillary in 

 parrs nearly sessile. — St. 6. ' id., — St. 2 — ?, feet high, bristly, 

 alternately branched.' Heads' ilia'ny,'fl.' bright blue, handsome. 

 Floral 1. lanceolate ffom^ a; feoad clasping base. — Waste place.s 

 on a gravelly or chalky soil. '.Pi VH. VHI. E. S. I. 



C. Receptacle scaly. Rap^pus feathery. 



.,.. ' '. !■ . . J, 



i 36. HrpocHffi'KiS irtwn. ' Cat's-ear. 



* Pappus ivithan tmte'r roio of bristles. 



1. H. ffldbra' (h.) ; st. branched' leaflfess 'gkbrbiis, I. oblmiy, 

 !'«rofo.e»'.« glabrous equalling the- Jloioers.r—&t. ■ ^-^Q in. high, 

 scaly, each branch terminating in a small solitary head. L. 

 spreading in a circle on the ground, glabrous', excespt a few 

 scattered hairs. Outer 'row of fruits destitute of a 'beak; the 

 rest with a ' teng' beak. — )3. S. ScM^ii (Ijois,!) \ all' the truits 

 with ' long beaka.-^atidy and" gravelly places. j8. In Kent <ind 



Salop.- A.vn.^m ' ■ E.S. 



, 2. S. radicdta (L.j ; St. branched; leaflegs' glabrous, 1. rivaci- 

 nate bhoit, involucre falling short of tlie Jloioa-s. — St. about afoot 

 high, scaly, each branch ,terminating in a rather la^e solitary 

 head. L. spi'eading ' upon the ground, rough. " Stalks slightly 

 thicketied beneath the heads. Fr. all feoterf.-^ Waste gtouiid. 

 p.? VII. ', '"'. ■'■''- '"'''E.S.I; 



