Pericarpium. Capsula roundish, with as many ceils as 



styles. 

 Seeds, several, oblong. 



CARLINA. 



Calyx, common, bellying, radiate, imbricated. Scales nume- 

 rous, flexible, acute, the inner in a circle, very long, ex- 

 panding, shining, coloured, forming radii to the compound 



flower. 



Corolla, compound, uniform, tubular. Florets complete, 

 having the parts of fructification perfect in each floret, 

 equal. 



Individuals of 1 petal, funnel-shaped. Tule slender; Bor- 

 der funnel-shaped, with 5 clefts. 



Stamina. Filameiils 5, hair-like, very short. Anther* form- 

 ing a hollow cylinder. 



Pistillum. Germen short. Style thread-shaped, as long as 

 the stamina. Stigma oblong, cloven or entire. 



Pericarpium, none. Calyx unchanged. 



Seed solitary, rather cylindrical. Pappus divided into rays, 

 somewhat chaff-like, branched, feathered. 



Receptaculum flat, chaff brist'e-like, membranaceous, and a 

 little united at the base, forming cells, with many clefts, rays 

 awl-shaped. Bristles somewhat longer than the chaff, and 

 club-shaped, are intermixed with it. 



BELLIS. 



Calyx, common, hemispherical, erect, leqfits from 10 to 20, 

 placed in a double row, spear-shaped, equal. 



Corolla, compound, radiate. Florets having the parts of fruc- 

 tification perfect in each, tubular, numerous, in the centre. 

 Florets with pistilla only, strap-shaped, more in number than 

 the leaves of the calyx, in the circumference. 



