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Individual females, narrow, spear-shai i 
teeth, (at alot rolling up.) OC agree — 
STAM. Filaments 5, huabestiie very short. Anthers form- 
ing a hollow cylinder. ‘ 
Pisr. Germenin the hermaphrodites, oblong. Style thread- 
shaped, as long asthe stamens. Summit cloven-ex- 
panding. ee i 
Germen in females, oblong. 5 the same as the 
other. Summits 2, oblong, rolled back. ; 
S. Vess. none. Calyx but little rage 
SEEDs in all the florets, solitary, oblong or egg-shaped. 
Down hair-like. 
Recepr, naked, flattish. 
SOLIDA’GO, Tourn. 275, Virga aurea. Gaertn. 170. 
Cax. common, oblong, tiled ; scales oblong, narrow, taper- 
ing to a point, straight, approaching. Pe 
Buoss. compound, radiate. Florets hermaphrodites, tubular, 
numerous, in the centre. Florets female, strap-shaped, 
fewer than 10, (mostly 5) in the circumference. 
Individual. hermaphrodites, funnel-shaped. Border 
with 5 clefts, open. 
Individual female, narrow, spear-shaped, with 3 
teeth. 
‘Stam. Filaments 5, hair-like, very short. Anthers form- 
ing a hollow cylinder. see cae 
Pist. Germen in hermaphrodites, oblong. — as long 
as the stamens, thread-shaped. Swmmit cloven, ex~- 
ding. 
Lara in the females, oblong. a a thread-shaped, 
as long as the other. Summits 2, rolled back. 
S. Vzss. none. Calya but little changed. 
Serps in all the florets, solitary, inversely egg-shaped, 
oblong. Down hair-like. 
Recepr. flat, naked. : 
CINERA/RIA. Garin. 170. 
Cat, common, simple, of leaves. Leafits equal. 
Bross. sindtad ranttate.“Florets herma batt, equal, 
in the centre. Florets female, strap-shaped, 
equal in number to the leaves of the calyx, in the cir- 
erence, 
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