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Fig. lo^o.—Massonia hirsuta, a liliaceous plant with a ter- 

 minal capitulum. {After Engler-Praiitl.) 



Fig. 105 1. — Cornus nuttalii, inflorescences 

 surrounded by petal-like bracts. 



naceae {Cornus) (Fig. 1051); and Myrtaceae (Darwinia), and many more. 

 An even higher level of integration may indeed be occasionally reached, as 

 in Echinops (Fig. 1052) where the " flower " is actually a capitulum of 

 single-flowered capitula, showing the flower form raised, as it were, to 



