206 COMPOSITE FAMILY, 



63. ZINNIA. (Named for a German professor, Zinn.) Commonly cul- 

 tivated for ornament : fl. all summer. 



Z. 61egans, the favorite Garden Zinnia, from Mexico, with ovate heart- 

 shaped half-clasping leaves, and very large heads of rose-colored, purple, violet, 

 red, or white flowers, 2' -3' in diameter, of late also full-double like a small' 

 Dahlia ; chaff of receptacle crested-toothed at tip ; akenes barely 2-toothed at 

 summit. ® 



Z. multiflbra, from Mexico, &c., now not common in gardens, being less 

 showy, has ovate-lanceolate leaves, hollow peduncle much enlarged under the 

 head, obovate red-purple rays, blunt entire chaff, and 1-awned akenes. ® 



Z. angustifoiia, cult.'as Z. a^jrea, from Mexico, is widely and copiously 

 branched, rough-hairy, with lanceolate leaves, many small heads, oval orange- 

 yellow rays, and conspicuously pointed chaff. 



64. TAG^TES, FRENCH or AFEICAN MARIGOLD, but from South 

 America and Mexico. (Mythological name.) Fl. all summer. ® 



# Plant anise-scented, with entire leaves, small corymbed heads, and few rays. 

 T. Iticida, now rather uncommon in gardens, has glossy lanceolate serrate 

 leaves, and orange flowers. 



» « Plant strong-scented : leaves pinnate : leaflets cut-toothed : head large. 



T. er^Cta, Large African M., with lanceolate leaflets, inflated club- 

 shaped peduncles, and heads of orange or lemon-colored flowers, often full double. 



T. p^tula, French M., with finer lance-linear leaflets, cylindrical pedun- 

 cles, and narrower beads, the rays orange or with darker stripes. 



T. sign^ta is a more delicate low much-branched species, with finely cut 

 leaves, slender peduncles, and smaller heads, the 5 rays purple-spotted or spotted 

 and striped with darker orange at base. 



65. DTSODIA, FETID MARIGOLD. (Name, in Greek, denotes the 

 ill-scent of the plant. ) Fl. late summer and autumn. 



D. ehrysanthemoides. Roadsides and river-banks W. & S. "W. ; a low 

 weed, nearly smooth, with spreading branches, opposite pinnately parted and 

 finely cut leaves, and few yellow rays scarcely exceeding the involucre, ti) 



66. CICHORIUM, SUCCORY, CICHORY, or CHICORY. (Arabic 

 name of the plant. ) Fl. all summer. 



C. Intybus, Common C. Nat. from Eu. by roadsides, &c. mainly E. : 

 leaves runcinate, rough-hairy on the midrib, or the upper ones on flowering 

 stems small and bract-like, entire ; showy blue flowers opening only in the 

 morning and in cloudy weather ; deep root used as substitute for coffee, y. 



C. Endivia, Endive, cult, from East Indies, for autumn salad; leaves 

 smooth, slightly or deeply toothed, or much cut and crisped, flowering stems 

 short and leafy. @ ® 



67. TRAGOPOGON, SALSIFY. (Greek name for goafs-beard, from 

 the pappus. ) Fl. early summer. 



T. porrifolius, Common S. or Oyster-plant. Cult, from Eu. for the 

 edible tap-root, sometimes running wild : smooth and pale, 2° - 4° high, branch- 

 ing, with long leaves tapering from a clasping base to a slender apex, very large 

 heads on hollow peduncle much thickened upwards, and deep violetpurple 

 flowers. ® 



68. LEONTODON, HAWKBIT. (Greek name for lion-tooth, from the 



runcinate leaves of some species. ) 



L. autumn^e, Fall Dandelion or Hawkbit. Nat. from Europe in 

 meadows and lawns E. : leaves pinnatifid or laciniate; scapes slender, 8'- 12' 

 high, branching ; peduncles thickish and scaly-bracted next the small head : 

 fl. summer and autumn. ^ 



