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copses. A. FL July, August. Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. In all the 

 Districts frequent. Stem rising to the height of 2 or 3 feet. Leaves 

 soft and flaccid, a little hairy ; the radical ones often lyrate. Heads 

 small, with few florets. Fruit destitute of pappus. 



Cichorium, (Linn.) Succory, Chicory. 

 Linn. CI. xix. Ord. i. 

 Named from chihouryeh, the Arabic name. 



1. C. Intybus, (Linn.) wild Succory or endive. Engl. Bot. t. 539. 

 St. 6. 15. 



Locality. About the borders of fields, in waste places, and by 

 road- sides, chiefly on a gravelly or chalky soil. P. Fl. July, 

 August. Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. General in all the Districts. Flowers 

 numerous, large, handsome, bright blue, sometimes white. Scales 

 of the pappus very short. Fruit angular. C. Endivia, the common 

 endive of the garden, is a well known salad, believed to have been 

 originally introduced from the East Indies ; the bitterness of its 

 foliage is much lessened by cultivation in a rich soil, and it is still 

 more palatable by blanching ; by some botanists it has been con- 

 sidered a mere variety of our indigenous species. C. Intybus. 



Hypochceris, (Linn.) Cat's-ear. 

 Linn. CI. xix. Ord. i. 



Name. From (hupo), for, and (choirus), a hog; the roots being 

 eaten by that animal. 



1. H. radicata (Linn.) long-rooted Cat's-ear. Engl. Bot. t. 831. 



Locality. Pastures, banks, and waste ground. P. Fl. July, 

 August. Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. More or less distributed through the 

 County. Root strong, tapering, running deep into the ground. 



Stem, 1 foot or more high. Peduncles a little thickened upwards. 

 Floioers large yellow, Achenes of all the florets beaked. 



Thrincia, (Roth.) Thrincia. 

 Linn. CI. xix. Ord. i. 

 Name. From (thrinkos), a feather, in allusion to the feathery 

 pappus or seed-down. 



1. T. hirta (D.C.) hairy Trincia. Engl. Bot. t. 555. 



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