Cichorium
(an ancient Egyptian name). Chicory or Succory. ORD. Compositae. Hardy salad plants. Involucre surrounded with small scales or smaller leaflets; receptacle naked or slightly hairy; pappus sessile, scaly, shorter than the pericarp. For special culture, see Chicory and Endive. C. Endivia. Endive. fl.-heads pale blue, 1in. to 1 1/2in. across; peduncles axillary. l. large, sinuate, smooth, toothed. July. h. 2ft. China, &c. Annual. C. Intybus (Intybus). Chicory. fl.-heads bright blue, axillary, sessile, 1in. to 1 1/2in. across, growing two or three together on the panicle branches. July. l. glandular-ciliated; lower ones oblanceolate, runcinate-pinnatifid or dentate; upper stem ones lanceolate, half stem-clasping, broadly toothed or entire. h.2ft. to 5ft. Europe (Britain). Perennial. (Sy. En. B. 786.) C. spinosum (spiny). fl.-heads blue; involucre ovate, imbricated; receptacle naked; peduncles rigid, glabrous. l. green, sub-succulent, glabrous, runcinate-lyrate; terminal lobe oblong, obtuse. Stem branched, divaricate; branches ending in a spine. Greece. Biennial. (S. F. G. 823.)