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some are liable to exceptions, as will pre- 

 sently be explained. 



1. Polygamic! aqualis* In this each floret* 

 taken separately, is perfect or united, be- 

 ing furnished with its own perfect stamens 

 and pistil, and capable of bringing its seed 

 to maturity without the assistance of any 

 other floret. The Order consists of 3 sec- 

 tions. 



* Florets all ligulate, or strap-shaped, 

 called by Tournefort semiflosculous. These 

 flowers are generally yellow, sometimes blue, 

 very rarely reddish. They expand in a morn- 

 ing, and close towards noon or in cloudy 

 weather. Their herbage is commonly milky 

 and bitter. Leontodon, Engl. Bot. t. 510 ; 

 Tragopogon, t. 434, 638 ; Hieracium, t. 349? 

 &c; and Cichorium t t. 539? exemplify this 

 very natural section. 



** Flowers globose, generally uniform and. 

 regular, their florets all tubular, 5-clcft, and 

 spreading. Carduus, t. 107, 6'75, 973 — 

 976; Onopordum, t. 977, and Arctium, 

 t. 1228, well exemplify this. Carlina, t. 1 144, 

 2 g c 2 



