206 COMPOSITE FAMILY. 



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

 tiyated for ornament : fl. all summer. 



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

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

 rod, 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 

 summjt. ® 



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. (T) 



Z.angUStifblia;, cult, as Z AtiKUA, 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 AFRICAN MARIGOLD, but from South 

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



* Plant anise-scented, with entire leaves, small corymbtd heads, and few ratjs. 



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. pd.tula, French M., with finer lance-linear leaflets, cylindrical pedun- 

 cles, and narrower heads, 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. DYSODIA, FETID MARIGOLD. (Name, in Greek, denotes the 

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



D. Chrysanthemoides. Roadsides and river-banks W. & S. W. : a low 

 weed, nearly smooth, with spreading branches, opposite' pinnately pai-ted and 

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



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

 name of the plant. ) JTl. 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. ^ 



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. ® (T) 



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

 the pappus.) Fl. early summer. 



T. porrifblius, Common S. or Oyster-plant. Cult, from En. 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 viole^purple 

 flawers. @ r . r r r 



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

 runcinate leaves of some species.) 



L. autumnUe, Fall Dandelion or Hawkbit. Nat. from Europe in 

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

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

 11. summer an4 aptumn. 2li 



