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There arc few llnrris in the disk or centre.', ami the anilu-r-iylimlers 

 project at distant points. ( )n an insert tmichinLi them tlie antlier 

 stalks contract, and the cylinder is de])resseil. .A mass of p<jllen (inickh' 

 emerges from the iipjier openini^ <>f the cylinder, and the style is 

 projected 34 mm. beyontl it. 1 he lloney ik-c, Boiiibits siharitiii, 

 Mcgachili\ Psaniniop/ii/a, Diptera, limpis /ivida, Jiris/a/ls arbusloniiii, 

 Rliiiigia roslrala, and the Silver \' Moth [P/nsia i^ainuia) \isit it. 



The pappus, which is 

 shorter than the fruits, assists 

 in dispersing- the smooth 

 achenes by the wind. 



Corn-flowt-r is a sand 

 plant L;r(n\in^- in sand soil, 

 or sandy, gravelly beds, often 

 on the chalk, where there is 

 gravel and sand at the top. 



The leaves are liable to 

 attack bv a cliistercup tungus, 

 Pitccinia siiai 'colciis. 



\ moth, Dcprcssaria 

 lit arc/ la, and a tl\-. 'Prvpcla 

 colon, are fouinl on it. 



Cculaurca. Pliny, is Ironi 

 Centaur, in licathcn niy- 

 thologv half-man, halt-horse. 

 Centaury helped to cure 

 Chiron when one of Her- 

 cules's arrows entered his 

 foot. The name was also 

 Chiron ion. Chiron was 

 versed in the knowledge of herbs. 

 cyaiios, blue. 



Bluebottle is called Bachelor's Buttons, Witch Bells, Blaver, Blave- 

 role, Blawort, Blue l^lawort, I)lewl)all, Blewblow, Blue-blaw, Blue-caj)S, 

 Blue-bottle, Blue-bonnets, P)Iue Poppy. lireak-your-Spectacles, Brushes, 

 Corn Centaury, Corn-binks, C<jrn-bottle, Corn-flower, Cuckoo-hood, 

 Hawdod, Hurt-sickle, Knobweed, Knotweed, Loggerheads, Thumble, 

 Witches' Thimble. 



" Ga)- lark-heels soon, and Hottlcs will o'er run 

 Tiie fields with numerous crops the' never sown." 



As to the name Hurt-sickle, Turner says: "Some herbaries call it 



riioto. nr. Somerville Il.iitintrs 



CORN-I-LOWKRS (Ci'n/aiirca Cyaiiiis, \..) 



Cyanns, PIin\ . is from the Greek 



