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I g cavated, with an elliptical white ring and two central dots sur- I if
Q g _ rounded with white. The general color is reddish brown. Length, ’
— t about 0.12 by 0.06 by 0.03 inch, but the_ sizeiranges a good deal ; Y .
g     ‘ as in the related plant. Fig. 22, C, D. n` g   S
  3   This is an annual and a native of this country. Its leaves are ·
J  Z l very narrow. like those of a grass, and with the petioles are four V K
-, , z Q or five inches long. The stems bearing the compact heads of flowers i it
_` *._»   z may reach a length of sixteen inches or more, but are commonly six _ ,
    " or seven, with spikes from an inch to t-wo inphes long and about V ·
·`r_.; ; one-fourth inch in diameter. A characteristic feature of the spikes
  l is the presence among the small flowers of s,pine—like bracts pro- l .
‘   . A jecting in some cases as much as 0DG—l1Ellf_l1Zt(3h. The species is g
i V     I common in Kentucky fields, becoming especially abundant on poor A
`     1 soils in Central and Western Kentucky, but is locally abundant I _
    even about Lexington. ` r ` , - g t
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.°      Chlcoryn Family {(Clch0r‘iac€a§j. ` i
    I Chicory (Oiclzorium imfybus).——The seed .of ehicory may be {
i_’,  igl described as cornucopia-shaped, though blunt atlboth ends. It ex- /
  pands gradually from; baseitoltip, where it is widest and bears about
  l the margins a fringe of short, white scales. The surface is some- -
  I what angled and finely grooved, while with a lens, in a good light, .
    a miscroscopic cross-lining becomes visible. Examples may be a
j    little curved, and this is more likely to be true·of immature seeds. `
    The surface is a trifle glossy in example taken from among seeds _
    obtained in the market. Size, rather variable. An average example
    measures about 0.10 inch' long; 0.05 inch in diameter at the large
    ·end, and 0.04 inch in thickness. The color varies from black, '
    ‘ through mottled brown to yellow, the latter being the immature
    and generally more slender seeds. Seeds occur with those of red
    clover. Fig. 23, A, B. i
    Chicory is frequently seen on lawns, where it may, if not cut
  . out, become abundant. Lawn mowers simply encourage a decum-
    bent growth that becomes niore difficult to eradicate. The ray flow-
  ers are of a bright blue color, and expand about one to one and a ¤
 E l half inches. The leaves are long and slender, or at the base spatu- ` ·
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