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ere 9-18, reflexed in fruit, lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 
not keeled. Pappus of 10-15 small scales and as many 
long bristles or more. 
1. Cynthia Dandelion L. Dwarf Dandelion. Perennial 
acaulescent, glabrous and somewhat glaucous. Scape G'-18', high. 
Stolons filiform, bearing globose tubers. Leaves all basal, linear- 
lanceolate to spatulate, entire, denticulate, sinuate or pinnatifid, 
3'-6' long. Head about V broad. 
In moist soil. April-June. Frequent. 
IV. CYMBIA (T. & G.) Standley. 
An annual, acaulescent herb, the leaves forming ro¬ 
settes, the scape monocephalous. Involucral bracts 5-8, 
ovate to ovate-lanceolate. Receptacle naked. Rays yel¬ 
low, 5-toothed. Achenes turbinate, ribbed. Pappus an 
outer series of 5 obovate scales, and an inner series of 5 
bristles, much longer than the scales. 
1. Cymbia occidentalis (Nutt.) Standley. Western Dwarf 
Dandelion. Scapes tufted, 2'-8' high, usually glandular, sometimes 
glabrous, bearing a single head 5"-10" broad. Leaves basal, lance¬ 
olate to obovate, entire to pinnatifid. 
Prairies. April-May. Oklahoma and Kingfisher counties. 
V. TRAGOPOGON (Tourn.) L. 
Biennial or perennial, somewhat succulent herbs, with 
fleshy tap-roots. Leaves alternate, entire, linear-lanceo¬ 
late, long-acuminate, clasping at the base. Large heads 
of yellow or purple flowers. Involucre cylindric or nar- 
rowly-campanulate, its bracts in one series, acuminate, 
united at the base. Rays truncate, 5-toothed. Achenes 
linear, terete, or 5-angled, 5-10-ribbed, terminated by 
slender beaks. Pappus-bristles in one series, plumose, 
connate at the base, the plume-branches interwebbed. 
1. Tragopogon porrifolius L. Oyster Plant or Salsify. Ped¬ 
uncles very much thickened and hollow for l'-3' below the heads. 
Heads 2'-4' broad. Bracts of the involucre linear-lanceolate, acum¬ 
inate, usually much longer than the purple rays. 
In fields and waste places. April-October. Oklahoma County. 
