1. K. Virgínica, Willd. Stems or scapes several (1--10´ high), becoming branched and leafy; earlier leaves roundish and entire, the others narrower and often pinnatifid.--New Eng. to Minn., and southward. April--Aug. § 2. CÝNTHIA. _Achenes more slender; pappus of 10--15 small oblong chaff and 15--20 bristles. Perennial._ 2. K. Dandélion, Nutt. Roots slender, tuberiferous; _scapes leafless_, 6--18´ high; leaves varying from spatulate-oblong to linear-lanceolate, entire or few-lobed. (Cynthia, _DC._)--Moist ground, Md. to Ky., and southward. March--July. 3. K. amplexicáulis, Nutt. _Roots fibrous; stem-leaves 1--3_, oblong or oval, clasping, mostly entire; the radical ones on short winged petioles, often toothed, rarely pinnatifid; peduncles 2--5. (Cynthia Virginica, _Don._)--Moist banks, Conn. to Minn., and southward. June.--Stem 1--2° high. 85. CICHÒRIUM, Tourn. SUCCORY or CHICORY. Heads several-flowered. Involucre double, herbaceous, the inner of 8--10 scales, the outer 5, short and spreading. Achenes striate; pappus of numerous small chaffy scales, forming a short crown.--Branching perennials, with deep roots; the sessile heads 2 or 3 together, axillary and terminal. Flowers bright blue, varying to purple or pink, showy. (Altered from the Arabian name of the plant.) C. ÍNTYBUS, L. Stem-leaves oblong or lanceolate, partly clasping, the lowest runcinate, those of the rigid flowering branches minute.--Roadsides; N. Eng. to Iowa and Minn. July--Oct. (Nat. from Eu.) 86. TRAGOPÒGON, L. GOAT'S-BEARD. Heads many-flowered. Involucre simple, of several erect lanceolate attenuate equal scales. Achenes narrowly fusiform, 5--10-ribbed, long-beaked; pappus of numerous long-plumose bristles.--Stout glabrous biennials or perennials, with entire grass-like clasping leaves and large solitary heads of yellow or purple flowers. (Name from τράγος, _goat_, and πώγων, _beard_.) T. PORRIFÒLIUS, L. (SALSIFY. OYSTER-PLANT.) Stem 2--3° high; peduncle thickened and fistulous below the head; flowers purple; achenes and pappus 3´ long.--Sparingly escaped from cultivation. (Nat. from Eu.) T. PRATÉNSIS, L. (GOAT'S-BEARD.) Very similar; leaves somewhat broader at base; peduncle little thickened; flowers yellow.--Fields, etc., N. Eng. to N. J. and Minn. (Nat. from Eu.) 87. LEÓNTODON, L., Juss. HAWKBIT. Heads many-flowered. Involucre scarcely imbricated, but with several bractlets at the base. Achenes spindle-shaped, striate, all alike; pappus persistent, composed of plumose bristles which are enlarged and flattened toward the base.--Low and stemless perennials, with toothed or pinnatifid root-leaves, and scapes bearing one or more yellow heads. (Name from λέων, _a lion_, and ὀδούς, _a tooth_, in allusion to the toothed leaves.)--The following belongs to the subgenus OPORÍNIA, with a tawny pappus of a single row of equal bristles.