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KEY AND FLORA 



pollination. The genera of the northern United States are 

 divided into two suborders : I. TUBULIFLOR.E, corolla of 

 the bisexual flowers tubular and 5-lobed ; II. LIGULIFLOR.E, 

 corollas all strap-shaped and flowers all bisexual. 



A B C D E F 



FIG. 30. Akenes with various types of pappus 



A, Rudbeckia, pappus wanting; B, Cichorium, pappus a crown of fine scales: 

 C, Coreopsis, pappus of 2 small scales; D, Helenium, pappus a crown of 

 conspicuous scales; E, Cirsium, pappus a tuft of plumose hairs; F, Lac- 

 tuca, pappus home on a long beak 



I. TUBULIFLORJE l 

 Corollas some or all of them tubular. 

 Rays white, pink, or purplish. 



Rays many ; akenes flat ; pappus wanting ; low herbs. Bellis, I 



Rays many ; akenes cylindrical or winged, grooved ; pappus 



wanting; tall herbs or shrubby. Chrysanthemum, X 



Rays many ; akenes flat ; pappus of an outer row of minute 



scales and an inner row of delicate bristles. Erigeron, II 



Rays many; akenes cylindrical or ribbed; pappus wanting; 



strong-scented, branching herbs. Anthemis, IX 



Rays few. Achillea, VIII 



1 The characters in this key are not necessarily true of all species in the 

 genera referred to, hut only of those described below. 



