SYNGENESIA 

 CLASS XIX. 



AXTIIEU.E UNITED INTO A TUBE. FLOAVLRS 

 COMPOUND. 



This Class has Jice Orders. 



This Class comprehends those flowers which are 

 called compound. The essential character of a com- 

 pound flower consists in the antherae being united to- 

 gether, so as to form a cylinder, and the filaments 

 separate at the base 3" which are, for the most part;, 

 five in number, and inserted into the Corolla. The 

 Dandelion and Thistle are of this kind, composed of 

 a number of small flowers called Florets. To illus- 

 trate the character of this Class, a Floret of tlie Dan- 

 delion is given, magnified: which plant is also of the 

 first Order. 



n Those floweis which are composed of Florets, where the 

 arAhcrce are not united into a cylinder, are calltd aggregate 

 flowers, as the Scabious, Class IV. the Teasel, &c. 



