AGGREGATE ILOWKKS. 30^) 



denomlntilion, 7 I'^inds, his tli\0Lirite number; 

 these are, 



1. The Aga;regate ilower properly so called, 

 as just mentioned. 



2. The Compound flower previously described. 



3. The Amentaceous flower, or Catkin, oi" 

 which we have spoken p, 248. 



4. The Glumose, or Chafly flower, peculiar 

 to the Grasses, see p. 250. 



5. The Sheathed flower, whose common re- 

 ceptacle springs from a Sheath, as in Arum. 



6. The Umbellate ; and 



7- The Cymose flowers, concernmg which 

 two last a few observations are necessary. 



Linnaeus and his friend Artedi thouo-ht 

 the great natural umbelliferous order could 

 not be divided into good and distinct ge- 

 nera by the seeds or parts of the flower, 

 M ithout takino- into consideration the general 

 and partial involucral leaves, which they 

 therefore chose to consider as a part of the 

 fructification, and defined as a calyx remote 

 from the fioiccr. The rays of the umbel, 

 of course, became the subdivisions of a 



