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Suborder H. LIG TJLIFLOUM. Fl. all perfect, ligulate.— 

 Style cylindrical above ; brancbes long, blunt, equally pubescent. 

 Stigmatic lines prominent, narrow, terminating below tbe middle 

 of tbe branches. — Juice milky. 



A. Receptacle naked. Pappus 0. 



33. Lap'sana Linn. Nipplewort. 



1. L. communis (L.); 1. dentate or lobed stalked, lower 1. 

 lyrate, involucres glabrous angular, st. panicled. — E. B. 844. — 

 St. and 1. bispid or nearly glabrous. St. 1 — 3 feet high, branched 

 above. Heads small, with yellow fl. in terminal panicles with 

 small subulate bracts at the subdivisions. Inv. of fir. erect. — ■ 

 Waste and cultivated ground. A. VII. VIII. E. S. I. 



B. Receptacle naked. Pappus like a crown, of many entire 

 broad scales. 



34. Aenos'beis Ociert. Swine's Succory. 



1. A. pusil'la (Gaert.).— ^. P. 95.— St. 3—8 in. high, swell- 

 ing and hollow upwards, leafless, with a minute bract at the 

 base of each branch. Each branch overtopping its predecessor 

 and gradually thickening up to the solitary small terminal bead 

 of yellow flowers. Inv. connivent over the fr. when its phyll. 

 become remarkably keeled. Receptacle honeycombed towards 

 the margins. Fr. small, obovate, attenuate below, 5-angled. 

 L. radical, oblong, toothed. — Gravelly and sandy fields, rai'e. 

 A. VI.— VIII. E. S. 



85. Cicho'eitjm Linn. Succory. Chicory. 



1. C. In'tylus (L.); lower 1. rucinate hispid on the keel, 

 upper 1. oblong or lanceolate clasping entire, heads axiUarv in 

 pairs nearly sessile.—^. B. 539. St. 6. 15.— St. 2—3 feet high, 

 bristly, alternately branched. Heads many, fl. bright blue, 

 handsome. Floral 1. lanceolate from a broad clasping base. — 

 Waste places on a graveUy or chalky soil. P. VIL VIII. 



E. S. I. 



G. Receptacle scaly. Pappus feathery, 



36. Htpochcb'kis Linn. Cat's-ear. 



* Pappus until an outer rmo of shorter bristles. 



1. H. glabra (L.) ; st. branched leafless glabrous, I. oblong, 

 inv. glabrous equalling the flowers. — E. B. 675. — St. 3 — 10 in. 

 high, scaly ; primary stem simple, leafless, but lateral branched 



