SYNGENESIA. 431 



some are liable to exceptions, as will pre- 

 sently be explained. 



1. Vohfgamia cequalis. 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 liirulate, 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 milkj^ 

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

 Tragopogon, f. 434, 638 ; Hicracium, t. 349, 

 &c.; and Cichorium, t. 539, exemphfy this 

 very natural section. 



** Flowers globose, generally imifor)?i and 



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



spreading. Cardans, t. i()7, 675, 973 — 



976; Onopordum, t. 977; and Arctium, 



t. 1228, well exemplify this. Carlina, t. 1144, 



2g2 



