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THE MOUSE-EAR EVERLASTING. 



FIG. XXXV. Antennaria plan- 

 taginifolia : 6 , the sterile, ? , the 

 fertile plant ; 1, a single floret ; 2, 

 a bristle of the pappus ; 3, a ? flo- 

 ret ; 4, a section of a $ head ; 5, 

 achenium with its pappus. 



one plant, and all pistillate (?) or fertile in another. The 

 botanist should have both kinds in hand. 



An Involucre consisting of many bracts or scales, sur- 

 rounds each head of flowers. Here the scales are scarious 

 or dry, white (or brown at the base), imbricated, the outer 



