CICHORIACEAE 183 



Flowers red. \. L. cardinalia. 

 Flowers blue. 



Flowers nearly V long. 2. L. syphilitica. 

 Flowers less than 6" long. 



Plant nearly glabrous. 3. L. spicaia leptoataeliys. 



Plant hairy. 4. L. inflata. 



1. L. cardinalis L. Cardinal Flower. 1°-5° high, glabrous : 

 leaves oblong-lanceolate, toothed: flowers (1' or more long) in devise 

 spike-like racemes. — In moist woods near Westport, Leeds, Sheffield, 

 Dodson and Grain Valley. Not common. August-September. 



2. L. syphilitica L. l°-3° high, somewhat hairy : leaves ovate-lanceo- 

 late, denticulate : flowers in dense spike-like racemes : calyx tube with 

 large, deflexed auricles in the sinuses. — Common in moist places. July- 

 September. 



3. L. spicata leptostachys (A. DC.) Mackenzie & Bush, n. comb. 

 l°-3° high, puberulent : stems leafy below, simple, prolonged into a long 

 spike- like raceme : leaves oblanoeolate, denticulate, obtuse : calyx of some 

 of the flowers at least with deflexed aui'icles in the sinuses. — Not uncom- 

 mon locally in dry soil throughout. June-July. {L. lepioslachys A. DC.) 



4. L. inflata L. Indian Tobacco. 1°-2° high, much branched : 

 leaves oblong-ovate, repand -dentate : flowers in short racemes: pods 

 inflated. — Common in dry woods. June-October. 



Family 123. CICHORIACEAE Reichenb. 

 Herbs with milky juice, alternate leaves and flowers in Involucrate 

 heads. Flowers all alike and perfect. Calyx superior, composed of bris- 

 tles or scales or wanting. Corolla tubular below and with a strap shaped, 

 5-toothed limb. Anthers five, connate around the style into a tube. 

 Ovary inferior. 1-celled, containing a single erect ovule. Style 2-cleft. 

 Fruit an achene. Receptacle naked in all ours. 



not beaked. 



