308 CICHORIACEAE. Vor. III. 
2. Cynthia Dandélion (L.) DC. Dwarf 
Dandelion or Goatsbeard. Fig. 4047. 
Tragopogon Dandelion L. Sp. Pl. Ed. 2, 1111. 1763. 
Krigia Dandelion Nutt. Gen. 2: 127. 1818. 
Cynthia Dandelion DC. Prodr. 7: 89. 1838. 
ge as Dandelion Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 304. 
1891. 
Perennial, acaulescent, glabrous and some- 
what glaucous; scape 6-18’ high, slender leaf- 
less, with a single head. Stolons filiform, bear- 
ing globose tubers; leaves all basal, tufted, 
linear-lanceolate to spatulate, entire, denticulate, 
sinuate, or pinnatifid, narrowed at the base, 
3-6’ long, 2-5” wide; head about 1’ broad; 
involucre nearly 3’ high; pappus similar to that 
of the preceding species. 
In moist soil, Maryland to Florida, Illinois, Mis- 
souri, Kansas and Texas. April-June. 
6. CYMBIA (T. & G.) Standley, Contr. 
Nat. Herb. 13: 354. IQII. 
An annual acaulescent herb, the leaves forming rosettes, the scapes monocephalous. 
Involucral bracts 5-8, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, remaining erect in fruit. Receptacle naked. 
Rays yellow, 5-toothed. Achenes turbinate, ribbed. Pappus an outer series of 5 obovate 
scales, and an inner series of 5 bristles, much longer than the scales. [Greek, referring to 
the cup-shaped fruiting involucre.] 
A monotypic genus of the south-central United States. 
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1. Cymbia occidentalis (Nutt.) Standley. aN 1% 
Western Dwarf Dandelion. Fig. 4048. QY 
aks occidentalis Nutt. Journ. Acad. Phila. 7: 104. 
1834. 
Ae occidentale Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 304. 
1891. 
C. occidentalis Standley, Contr. Nat. Herb. 13: 354. 
IQIl. | 
Scapes tufted, 2’-8’ high, usually glandular, at 
least above, sometimes glabrous, bearing a single 
head 5’-10” broad. Leaves basal, lanceolate to 
obovate, entire to pinnatifid, mostly shorter than 
the scapes; involucre 2-3” high, firm and keeled 
at maturity, remaining erect; achenes transversely 
wrinkled; pappus of 5 obovate scales and 5 alter- 
nating bristles, or these wanting. 
Prairies, southern Missouri and Kansas to Texas. 
April-May. 
7. ARNOSERIS Gaertn. Fr. & Sem. 2: 355. pl. 157. 1791. 
A low annual scapose herb, glabrous, or nearly so, with tufted basal dentate or nearly 
entire leaves. Scapes several or numerous, simple or branched, upwardly thickened below 
the solitary heads of yellow flowers. Involucre campanulate, its bracts in 1 series, narrow, 
equal, thickened and keeled on the back after flowering, rarely with a few outer minute 
ones. Receptacle flat, pitted, not chaffy. Anthers sagittate. Style-branches obtuse. Achenes 
oval, 8-10-ribbed, narrowed below, truncate, or with a denticulate margin. Pappus none. 
(Greek, lamb-succory.] 
A monotypic genus of western Europe. 
