Cichori.um Intybus, Blue Succory. 



'CICHORIUM Lin. Gen. PL Syngenesia Polygamia Jequalis. 



Rscept. fuhpaleaceum. Cat. calyculatus. Pappus fub-5-dentatus, obfolete 

 pilolus. 



Ran Syn. Gen. 6. Herb^: flore composito natura pleno lactescentes. 

 CICHORIUM Intybus floribiis gemjnls iemlibus, foliis runcinatis. Lin. Syfi. Vegetab. p. 602. Sp. PL 



p. 1 142. PL Suec. n. 711. 

 CICHORIUM foliis pinnati.s, pinnis triangularibus dentatis* floribus feffilibus. Hatter Hiji. 1, 

 CICHORIUM Intybus. Scopoli FL Cam. n. 991. 

 CICHORIUM fylveftre five officinarum. Bauhin Pin. 126. 

 INTYBUS fy 1 veftri s . Camer. epit .285. 

 CICHORIUM fylveftre, Ger. emac. 28 4. Parkin/. 776. Rail Syn. p. 172. Wild Succory. Buafioti 



FL Angl. ed. 2. p. 348. 



RADIX perermis, externe ktefcens, fufiformi-cylindri- % ROOT perennial, externally of a yellowifh colour, ta- 

 ca, etiara ramofa, craffitie digiti, fpithamaea, | pering very gradually to a point, alfo branched, 



fgepe pedalis, defcendens, fibrillofa, fibrillis % the thicknefs of the finger, a fpan, and often 



•fpaifis, ladefcens, lacte albo. I a foot in length, ftriking downward, furnifhed 



y with few fraall fibres, milky, the milk of a 



I white colour. 



CAUL'IS pedalis, ad tripedalem, ereftus, rigidus, tor- | STALK from one to three feet in height, upright, ri- 

 tuofus, fcabridus, plerumque ramoiiffimus. | gid, crooked, roughifh to the touch, and ge- 



I nerally very much branched. 



FOLIA radicalia plurima, taraxaci, fubafpera, caulina % LEAVES at the root numerous, like thofe of Dande* 

 keviora, fubamplexicaulia, alterna. | lion, roughilh, thofe of the ftalk fmoother, 



% alternate, partly furrounding the ftera. 



FLORES plerumque bini, fpeciofi, feffiles, e foliorum * FLOWERS growing generally in pairs, fhowy, feffile, 

 fupremorum alls. I fpringing from the alae of the uppermoft leaves. 



CALYX communis calyculatus, fquamis exterioribus % CALYX common to many florets, compofed of a double 

 quinque, ovatis, acutis, fubpatentibus, pilis | fet of fquamas or leaves, the outermoft of which 



glanduliferis ciliatis ; interioribus octo circiter, { are five in number, ovate, pointed, fomewhat 



llneari-lanceolatis, «qualibus, cylindrum an- | fpreading, edged with glandular hairs, the 



gulofum, viicofum, conftituentibus. fig. i,| innermoit about eight, narrow, equal, form- 



2 „ . % I ing an angular, clammy cylinder, fig. 1, 2, 



I 3> 4- 



COROLLA compofita, plana, uniformis, Corollulis t COROLLA compound, flat, regular, Florets herma- 

 hermaphroditis, viginti circiter, caeruleis, Tu- f phrodite, about twenty in number, of a blue 



Us cylindricus, brevis, albus, apice dilatatus % colour ; lube cylindrical, (hort, white, di- 



et pilofus; Limbus planus, quinque-dentatus, | lated at top and hairy; Limb flat, with five 



fubtus nervofus et villofus. fig. 5. | teeth at the extremity, on the under fide rib'd 



% and villous, fig. 5. 



STAMINA: Filament a quinque alba, capillaria, | STAMINA : five Filaments, of a white colour, very 

 manifeite libera ; Anthers fat urate caeruleas, % flender, manifeftly unconnected; Anthers 



hi tubum cylindiicum, angulatum coalitae. | of a deep blue colour, forming an angular, cy- 



fia-., 6. t lindrical tube. fig. 6. 



PISTILLUM: Germen fubconicum, album, pilis bre- I PISTILLUM : Germen fomewhat conic, crowned 

 vimmiscoronatum; Stylus filiformis, albus ; | with very ftiort hairs; Style thread-fliaped, 



Stigmata duo, csrulea, revoluta. fig. 7. | white; Stigmata two, of a blue colour, and 



| rolled back. 



SEMINA plurima, in fundo calycis, nuda, fubpenta- | SEEDS numerous in the bottom of the calyx, naked, 

 crona, marpine pilis breviffimis ciliata. fig. 8. I irregularly five cornered, the edge crowned 



auct, I . witn vei 7 mort nairs - flg- 8 - magnified. 



That beautiful plants are often noxious weeds, agriculturally confidered, we have already noticed in the Biftort, 

 the field Convolvulus, the corn Poppy, and the perennial Perficaria ; the blue Succory adds another to the 



catalogue. , _ . . r .. . a 



Batterfea Fields which exhibit bad hufbandry in perfeftion, produce this plant molt plentifully j it fiowers in 

 July, Jugufi and September ; like the docks it increafes itfelf much by feed, and is to be extirpated in the fame 



ma Some botanifts have erroneoufly fuppofed this fpecies of Succory to be the Endive in its wild (rate, but its 

 ftrone perennial root fufficiently evinces the contrary. The Cichorium Endivia, which is an annual or biennial, 

 and grows wild in the Corn-fields of Spain, together with the Intybus*, is undoubtedly the parent of the culti- 

 vated Endive, it is not fo clear which of the two is the plant celebrated by Horace as conflitutmg a part of 



his Ample diet* 



■ 1 I-. '■ me pa fount Ohva 



Me dehor ea s levefque Ma ha. 



It | 9 not unfrequently found wild with white flowers, and it has been difcoVered that the fine blue colour of the 

 petals 'is convertible into a brilliant red by the acid of Ants + j Mr. Miller the Engraver allured me, that mGermany 

 the boys often amufed themfelves in producing this change of colour by placing the blofloras in an ant hill. 



Wild Succory is an ufeful detergent, aperient, and attenuating medicine; afting without much irritation, 

 tending rather to cool than heat the body, and at the fame time corroborating the tone of the inteftmes. The 

 juice taken in large quantities fo as to keep up a diarrhea, and continued for fome weeks, has been found to pro» 

 duce excellent effeds in fcorbutic and other chronical diforders. Lewis's Difip. p. 125. 



* D'AJfo Stirp. Arragon, p. 113. t Trag. ad Brunfeh. II. p. 274; 



