65 POPULAR FIELD BOTANY. 
drop of rain would fill it with wet, and injure the mmute 
parts, the white ray has the power of closing over them on 
the approach of bad weather, and so forming a complete 
covering lke a tent, and if the wind blows the whole flower 
turns from it. By what extraordinary mechanism these 
wonderful effects are produced we cannot tell. It shows 
how worthy of study is everything formed by the hand of 
God. The name Bellis signifies pretty, and who is there 
that has not observed the beauty of this ‘‘ modest crimson- 
tipped flower?” It is called in France Marguerite, the 
name of a woman expressive of beauty, from Margarita, a 
pearl. I believe it is now seen in most of our colonial pos- 
sessions, the seeds having been carried there and planted by 
accident ; so that our emigrants are frequently delighted by 
finding unexpectedly their familiar friend, which, as Burns 
the poet says, 
“Lifts its unassuming head in humble guise.” 
SYNGENESIA. SUPERFLUA. 
CoORALLIFLOR&. ASTERACEA. 
TUSSILAGO. (Coursroor.) 
Generic Character. Common calyx or involucre simple, cylin- 
