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CLASSIFICATION. 



4. The Calyx, d, is said to be hemispherical, or a half sphere ; 

 it is common, that is enclosing many florets ; the leafets of the 

 calyx, sometimes called scales, are equal, or of the same size. 



5. The Corolla, e, is compound, having many florets on one 

 receptacle, radiate, having rays ; the florets of the disk are 



Fig. 98. tubular (Fig. 98, a,) ; they have 



.both stamens and pistils; tkey 

 are funnel shaped, and five tooth- 

 ed ; the florets of the ray, b, are 

 flat, and have pistils without sta- 

 mens. 



t/^ 6. The Stamens, c, are jive, uni- 



itfl> t^ at tne summits by their anthers, 



-y forming a tube. 

 A ^JMp ? Tne ptettj in the disk florets, 

 a *** i| d P asses U P through the tube formed 

 IV by the anthers, d ; the stigma is 

 A parted into two divisions, which 

 P are reflexed (bent back) ; the 

 pistil in the ray florets passes up through the tube of the floret. 



8. The plant has no pericarp, or seed vessel, the seeds 

 grow upon the receptacle, e, they are single and shaped some- 

 what like an egg ; they are also naked, that is, destitute of 

 the downy plume called egret, which is seen upon the dande- 

 lion, and many other of the syngenesious plants. 



9. The receptacle is conical, or in shape resembles a sugar 

 loaf; it is dotted with little holes : these are the places in which 

 the seeds were fixed ; the appearance of the receptacle, 

 whether naked or chaffy, is very important to be observed in 

 the syngenesious plants ; it sometimes constitutes a distinction 

 between genera. The seed belongs to the genus of fruits, 

 Cypsela.* 



The botanical name of the daisy is BELLIS perennis. It be- 

 longs to the class 17th, Syngenesia, because the anthers arc 

 united ; order 2d, Superflua, because the pistils in the ray are 

 superfluous, having no stamens. The generic name Bellis, is 

 from an ancient Latin word, belles, handsome ; from which 

 comes also the French word bel; the specific name, perennis, 

 signifies that it is a porennial plant, or one whose roots live 

 several years. 



The common name, daisy, is derived from a property, 

 which many of the syngenesious plants possess, of folding up 



* See Mirbel's Classification of fruits, order 1 of the class Gymnocarps. 



Describe the Calyx of the Daisy The Corolla The Stamens The pistil 

 The Pericarp The receptacle Botanical name, class and order of the daisy 

 ^Derivation of the botanical name The common name. 



