Cichorivm.] composite. 277 



none." — Br. Fl. p. 220. E. B. t. 125. Fl. Dan. xii. t. 1998 

 (bona). 



In dry sandy, gravelly or chalky pastures, waste places and by roadsides, espe- 

 cially near the sea ; extremely rare, and perhaps now extinct in the island. FL 

 July — Seplemliev. ©. 



JE. Med. — With white blossoms, by the roadside between Niton and St. Law- 

 rence, Sept. 1833, Mrs. Dixon. 



I have seen no specimen from this station, which, as Mrs. D. has suggested, 

 may have been destroyed by the improvement of the still very narrow road. 



This species is not at all uncommon in the South-eastern counties of England, 

 along the coast as well as inland, but does not extend into the W. of England. 

 It is abundant on Portsdown near Nelson's monument, and in Jersey, where I 

 have gathered it in plenty, but on the mainland of Britain I am not aware of any 

 station further to the westward than the above Hampshire one. I have seen it 

 most abundantly naturalized about Norfolk, in Virginia. 



Suborder III. Cichorace^. 

 All the florets Ugulate and 'perfect. Styles not articulated. 



* " Receptacle without scales. Pappus 0." — Bah. Man. 



XXVII. Lapsana, Linn. Nipplewort. 



" Achene compressed, striated. Pappus none, or a mere bor- 

 der. Receptacle naked. Involucre in a single row of erect scales, 

 with small ones at the base." — Br. Fl. 



1. L. communis, L. Common Nipplewort. " Involucre of the 

 fruit angular, stem panicled, peduncles slender, leaves ovate or 

 cordate petiolate angulate- dentate, pappus none." — Br. Fl. p. 

 218. E. B. t. 844. 



In -waste and cultivated ground, hedges, woods, &c., very common. Fl. June 

 November. ©. 



Dr. Bell-Salter found a specimen of this plant between Norton and Adgeton, 

 with a very close, erect, coiymbose panicle, the flowers very numerous, with the 

 ravs imperfectly developed. 



'Achenia pale brownish or straw-yellow, about 2 lines in length, glabrous, elon- 

 gate-obovate, slightly curved, finely, closely and evenly coslate-sulcate, subcom- 

 compressed and angled, with a i-idge down the inner face. Pappus none. 

 Receptacle naked, smooth, with very shallow circular areola. 



** " Receptacle without scales. Pappus like a crown of many entire broad 

 scales." — Bab. Man. 



XXVIII. CiCHOEiTJM, Linn. Succory. Endive. 



"Achene turbinate, striated. Pappus sessile, scaly, shorter 

 than the fruit. Receptacle naked or slightly hairy. Involucre of 

 8 scales, surrounded by 5 smaller ones at the base. (Flowers 

 bluey—Br. Fl. 



1. C. Intybus, L. Wild Succory or Cichory. Wild Endive. 

 " Heads sessile axillary in pairs, lower leaves runcinate hispid on 



