528 COMPOSITAE (COMPOSITE FAMILY) 
Time of bloom: May to September. 
Seed-time: June to October. . 
Range: Massachusetts to Ontario and Manitoba, southward to 
Georgia and Kansas. 
Habitat: Meadows, open woods, waste places. 
The roots of Cynthia are fibrous, 
clustered, and spreading, the stems one 
to two feet in height, smooth and 
naked, except that above the middle 
there is usually an oblong, clasping leaf 
— occasionally two, or three — above 
which may spring one or more branches. 
Root leaves tufted, smooth, glaucous, 
three to six inches or more long, with 
edges toothed or wavy, rarely pinnatifid, 
the petioles long and winged. Heads 
solitary, terminating stem and branches, 
more than an inch broad, with about 
twenty bright orange-yellowrays, toothed 
at tips; involucre of smooth, thin, lance- 
shaped bracts, all of the same length. 
Achenes nearly oblong, with a pappus of 
ten to fifteen oblong, chaffy scales sur- 
rounding an inner row of fifteen to 
twenty delicate bristles. (Fig. 364.) 
Means of control 
Meadows where the plant is abun- 
dant should be put to a cultivated crop, 
Fic. 364, — Cynthia (Krigia well tilled, and fertilized, before reseed- 
amplexicaulis). x }. ing. 
GOSMORE 
Hypochaéris radicdta, L. 
Other English names: Long-rooted Cat’s-ear, Flatweed. 
Introduced. Perennial. Propagates by seeds. 
Time of bloom: May to October. 
Seed-time: June to November. 
