Blue 
O R Y. 
CICHORIUM Litis. Gen* PL Syngenesta Polyg Ami a Qualis. ' 
Ricept. fubpaleaceum. Cal. calyculatus. Pappus fub-5-dentatus, obfolete 
pilofus. 
Raii Syn. Gen. 6. Herb.e flore composito natura pleno lactescentes. 
CICHORIUM Intybus floribus geminis Milibus, foliis runcinatis. L/n. byjt. Veget ab. p. 602. 
p. 1142. Pl. Suec. n. 711. TT T r-n 
CICHORIUM foliis pinnatis, pinnis triangularibus dentatis, floribus Milibus. Haller Hijt. 1. 
CICHORIUM Intybus. Scopoli FI. Carn. n. 991. 
CICHORIUM fylveftre five officinarum. BauhinPm. 126. 
INTYBUS fylveftris. Camer. epit. 285. .. , c 
CICHORIUM fylveftre. Ger. emac . 284. Parhnf. 776. Ran Syn. p. 172. Wild Succory. 
FI. Angi. ed. 2. p. 348. 
Hudfon 
RADIX perennis, externe lutefcens, fufiformi-cylindri- 
ca, etiam famola, craffitie digiti, lpitbamaea, 
faepe pedalis, defcendens, fibrilloia, fibrillis 
fparfis, laftefcens, lafte albo. 
CAULIS pedalis, ad tripedalem, ereftus, rigidus, tor- 
tuofus, fcabridus, plerumque ramofiffimus. 
FOLIA radicalia plurima, taraxaci, fubafpera, caulina 
Leviora, fubamplexicaulia, alterna. 
FLORES plerumque bini, fpeciofi, feffiles, e foliorum 
fupremorum alis. 
CALY’X communis calyculatus, fquamis exterioribus 
quinque, ovatis, acutis, lubpatentibus, pilis 
glanduliferis ciliatis ; interioribus qfto circiter, 
lineari-lanceolatis, aqualibus, cylindrum an- 
gulofum, vifcofum, conftituentibus. fig. 1, 
2. 3 > 4 - 
COROLLA compofita, plana, uniformis, Corollulis 
hermaphroditis, viginti circiter, caruleis, Tu- 
bas cylindricus, brevis, albus, apice dilatatus 
et pilofus; Limbus planus, quinque-dentatus, 
fubtus nervofus et villofus. Jig. 5. 
STAMINA: Filamenta quinque alba, capillaria, 
manifefte libera ; Anthers faturate carulese, 
in tubum cylindricum, angulatum coalita. 
Jig. 6. 
PISTILLUM: Germen fubconicum, album, pilis bre- 
viffimis coronatum; Stylus filiformis, albus; 
Stigmata duo, carulea, revoluta, jig. 7. 
SEMINA plurima, in fundo calycis, _ nuda, fubpenta- 
gona, margine pilis breviffimis ciliata. Jig. 8. 
au ft. 
$ ROOT perennial, externally of a yellowifh colour, ta- 
I pering very gradually to a point, alfo btanched, 
I the thicknefs of the finger, a fpnn, and often 
a foot in length, ftriking downward, futnifhed 
I with few fmall fibres, milky, the milk of a 
white colour. 
I STALK from one to three feet in height, upright, ri- 
¥ gid, crooked, roughifh to the touch, and ge- 
nerally very much branched. 
t LEAVES at the root numerous, like thofe of Dande- 
I lion, roughifh, thofe of the ftalk fraoother, 
I alternate, partly furrounding the ftem. 
t FLOWERS growing generally in pairs, fhowy, feffile, 
fpringing from the ake of the uppermoft leaves. 
I CALYX common to many florets, compofed of a double 
fet of fquamse or leaves, the outermoft of which 
I are five in number, ovate, pointed, fomewhat 
% fpreading, edged with glandular hairs, the 
I innermoft about eight, narrow, equal, form- 
$ ing an angular, clammy cylinder. Jig. 1, 2, 
I 3 . 4 - 
f COROLLA compound, flat, regular. Florets herma- 
| phrodite, about twenty in number, of a blue 
I colour ; Lube cylindrical, fhort, white, di- 
lated at top and hairy ; Limb flat, with five 
^ teeth at the extremity, on the under fide rib’d 
t and villous. Jig. 5. 
I STAMINA : five Filaments, of a white colour, very 
¥ {lender, manifeftly unconnected j Antherae 
I of a deep blue colour, forming an angular, cy- 
$ lindrical tube. Jig. 6. 
I PISTILLUM : Germen fomewhat conic, crowned 
I with very fhort hairs; Style thread-fhaped, 
white; Stigmata two, of a blue colour, and 
I rolled back. 
? SEEDS numerous in the bottom of the calyx, naked, 
I irregularly five cornered, the edge crowned 
^ with very fhort hairs. Jig. 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. 
Batterfea Fields, ' which exhibit bad hufbandry in perfeftion, produce this plant moft plentifully ; it flowers in 
July, Augujl and September j like the docks it increafes itfelf much by feed, and is to be extirpated in the fame 
manner. 
Some botanifts have erfoneoufly fuppofed this fpecies of Succory to be the Endive in its wild ftate, but its 
ftrong 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 conftituting a part of 
his fimple diet, 
- — — me pafcunt Oliva 
Me Cichorea, levef([iie Malva. 
It is 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 Antsf; Mr. Miller the Engraver allured me, that in Germany 
the boys often amuled themfelves in producing this change of colour by placing the blofloms 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 inteftines. 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 effefts in fcorbutic and other chronical diforders* Lewis's Difp. p. 1 25. 
* D'Jfo Stirp. Arragon , p. 113. 
f Trag. ad Brunfels. II. p, 274. 
