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SYNGENESIA. POLYGAMIA HQUALIS,. 333 
ONOPOR’DON. Tourn. 253, Carduus. Gaertn. 161, 
CAL. .common, roundish, bellying, tiled. Scales numerous, 
thorny, projecting on every side. 
Bross, compound, tubular, uniform, Florets hermaphro- 
dite, equal. s -woll : 
‘\  dndwiduals of 1 petal, funnel-shaped. Tube very 
slender. Border upright, bellying, with 5 clefts. Seg- 
ments equal, 1 more deeply divided; ) Vo 
STAM. Wilietsice 5, hair-like, very short. Anthers form 
“ing “4 hollow cylinder as long as the blossom, with 5 
teeth. 
Pist. Germen egg-shaped. Style thread-shaped, longer 
than the stamens. Summit crowned. 
S. VEss. none. Calyx closing alittle. _ 
SEeEps solitary. pest atctg etna * te 
Recepr. chafly. Chaff lopped, but sharp-pointed, . 
than the seeds, tinted so as toform cells, 
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CARLI’NA. Tourn. 285. Gertn, 163. 
Cat. common, bellying, radiate, tiled. Scales numerous, 
_ ,,,flexible, acute, the inner in a circle, very long, expand- 
~ ing, shining, coloured, forming rays to the compound 
, flower. 
, 
Buoss. compound, uniform, tubular. Florets hermaphro- 
~~ dite, equal. cee = aoe 
Individuals of 1 petal, funnel-shaped. Tule slender. 
Border funnel-shaped, with 5 clefts. ; 
Sram. Filaments 5, hair-like, very short. Anthers form- 
ing a hollow cylinder. 
Pist. Germen short. Style thread-shaped, as long as th 
stamens. Sumit oblong, cloven or entire. | 
S. Vess. none. Calyx unch ; pe 
SEEDs solitary, rather cylindrical. Down divided into 
“rays, somewhat chaff-like, branched, feathered. 
Recepr. flat, chaff-bristle-like, membranaceous, and a 
little united at the base, forming cells, with many clefts, 
rays awl-shaped. Bristles somewhat pec the 
chaff, and club-shaped, are intermixed with it. 
BI’DENS. Tourn. 262. Gertn. 167. 
Cat. common, tiled, upright ; leafits nearly equal, oblong, 
concave and channelled, 
