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high, swelling and hollow upwards, leafless, with a minute bract 
at the base of each branch. Each branch overtopping its prede- 
cessor and gradually thickening up to the solitary small terminal 
head of yellow florets. Inv. connivent over the fr. when its 
phyll. become remarkably keeled. Receptacle alveolate towards 
the margins. Fr. small obovate, attenuated below, 5 angled. L. 
radical, oblong, toothed.—Gravelly and sandy fields, rare. A. 
VI—VIII. E. 8. 
35. Crcnorium Linn. 
1. C. Intybus (L.) ; lower 1. runcinate hispid on the keel, upper 
1. oblong or lanceolate clasping entire, heads axillary in pairs 
nearly sessile-—F. B. 539. St.6. 15.—St. 2—3 feet high, bristly, 
alternately branched. Heads numerous, fl. bright blue handsome. 
Floral 1. lanceolate from a broad clasping base.—Waste-places 
on a gravelly or chalky soil. P. VII. VIII. Succory. Chicory. 
Section 3. HYPOCHG@:RIDE. Receptacle scaly. Pappus 
feathery. 
36. Hypocuaris Linn. 
* Pappus with an outer row of bristles. 
l. H. glabra (L.); st. branched leafless glabrous, /. oblong 
dentate-sinuate, involucre glabrous equalling the Aorets.—E. B. 
575.—St. 3—10 in. high, branched, scaly, each branch termi- 
nating in a small solitary head. lL. spreading im a circle on the 
ground, glabrous, except a few scattered hairs. Outer row of 
fruits destitute of a beak, the rest with a long beak.—f. H. Bal- 
bisti (Lois.); all the fruits with long beaks—Sandy and gravelly 
places. 8.in Kent and Salop. A. VII. VIII. E.S. 
2. H. radicata(L.) ; st. branched leafless glabrous, 1. runcinate 
obtuse, involucre shorter than the florets.—#. B. 831.—St. about 
a foot high, branched, scaly, each branch terminating in a rather 
large solitary head. L. spreading upon the ground, scabrous. 
Stalks slightly thickened beneath the heads. Fr. all beaked. 
Pappus with an outer row of hairs.—Waste ground. P.? VII. 
** Pappus in one row. ACHYROPHORUS Scop. 
3. H. maculata (L.); st. simple or slightly branched almost 
leafless, 1. ovate-obloug undivided toothed pilose, phyll. bristly 
on the back.—E. B. 225.—St. about a foot high, stout, slightly 
hairy. L. often all radical. Beads large, florets decp yellow. 
—Chalky and limestone hills. P. VII. VIII. E. 
Section 4. SCORZONEREAs. Receptacle without scales. 
Pappus feathery or on the exterior fruits scaly. 
