30 SrXCENESIA. 



ORDER I. 



roLYGA- C03,J:\I0N CAPvLINE is scattered over dry and 



.T.QUALis. sandy heaths and pastures, and blossoms in June and 



t^7~irts of J^^V- Its name is said to be derived from the Em- 



iructification ^qyoy Charlemagne, ° in whose time a medical vir- 



cadi Floret; tuc was ascrlbcd to it which cured his army of the 



• -A eachl'lo- •' 



I'.t, witiiout plague, 

 o: any otlur. The sceds of this flowcr, as of many others of this 

 Jrixtudng natural Class, are furnished with a plume, serving 

 j;tr!fct beet . ^j^^j^ ^g wings, wliicli indifferent plants are differ- 

 ently constructed j some, like a divergent tuft of hair, 

 others are branched like feathers 3 some are elevated 

 from the crown of the seed by a slender foot-stalk, 

 which gives them a very elegant appearance j others 

 sit immediately on the crown of the seed itself: by 

 this provision of nature they perform long aerial 

 journeys, and are thus disseminated far from the pa- 

 rent plant. 



British Plants of litis Order, 



Botyuicnl Gcnciic iS'amts. Com;non Nanifis. 



2 Ageratum 1 Hairy Ageratum 



3 AncTic M ] Burdock 



20 AlMANASlA 1 Sea CUDWCED 



<- The Emperor Charlemagne was bcrn 739, ami died A. D. 

 s:3, a-ed 7-5. 



