COMPOSITE. 
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** LIG UL IFL OBJE. All the florets hermaphrodite, ligulate. 
Tribe V. Cichoraceee. 
Style cylindrical above and, with its long obtuse branches, 
equally pubescent. Stigmatic lines prominent, narrow, termi- 
nating below the middle of the branches. 
Section 1. LAPSANEsE. Receptacle without scales. Pap- 
pus none. 
34. Laps ana Linn. 
1. L. communis (L.) ; 1. dentate or lobed stalked, lower 1. lyrate, 
involucres glabrous angular, st. panicled. — E. B. 844. — St. and 
1. hispid or nearly glabrous. St. 1 — 3 feet high, branched above. 
Heads small, with yellow florets, in terminal panicles with small 
subulate bracts at the subdivisions. Involucre of the fruit erect. 
— Waste and cultivated land. A. VII. VIII. Nipplewort. 
Section 2. HYOSERIDEJE. Receptacle without scales. 
Pappus like a crown, of many entire broad scales. 
35. Arnoseris Gaert. 
1. A. pusilla (Gaert.). The only species. — Lapsana Sm. E. B. 
95. — St. 3 — 8 in. high, swelling and hollow upwards, leafless, 
with a minute bract at the base of each branch. Each successive 
branch overtopping its predecessor and gradually thickening up 
to the solitary small terminal head of yellow florets. Involucre 
connivent over the fruit when its scales become remarkably keeled. 
Receptacle alveolate towards the margins. Fr. small obovate, 
attenuated below, with 5 angles. L. radical, oblong, toothed. — 
Gravelly places, rare. A. VI.— VIII. E. S. 
36. Cichorium 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.— E. B. 539. St. 6. 15.— St. 2—3 feet high, bristly, 
alternately branched. Heads numerous, of bright blue handsome 
florets. Floral I. lanceolate from abroad clasping base. — Banks 
on a gravelly or'chalky soil. P. VII. VIII. Wild Succory. 
Section 3. HYP 0 CHCERIDEAH. Receptacle scaly. Pappus 
feathery. 
37- Hypochceris Linn, 
1 . H. glabra (L.) ; st. branched leafless glabrous, I. oblong 
dentate-sinuate, involucre glabrous equalling the florets. — E. B. 
575. — St. 3 — 10 in. high, branched, scaly, each branch termi- 
nating in a small solitary head. L. spreading in a circle on the 
ground, glabrous, except a few scattered hairs. Outer row of 
