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during opening of each floret. Carpels two, syncarpous; ovary 
inferior, one-celled with single ovule; style simple, at first short, 
later elongating and by collecting hairs sweeping pollen to top 
of anther box, then dividing into two stigmatic surfaces with 
Fic. 469.—Matricaria Chamomilla, the German Chamomile. Branch and dis- 
sected flowers. (Sapre.) 
stigmatic hairs for pollen reception. Fruit an indehiscent 
akene, often (Dandelion, Thistle) crowned by the pappose, calyx 
rudiment. Seed single, exalbuminous. 
The Composite is subdivided into two sub-groups or series, 
namely the Tubuliflore and the Liguliflore. The TuBuLIFLOR& 
include all those Composites whose flower heads contain either 
