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THE FARMERS HAXDIiooK, 



Saffron or False Star Thistle [Carthanms lanatus Linn.). 



1. Stem-clasping leaf. 2, 3, 4, :,. All stages, from a floral leaf to a bract. 6. Individual florets. 

 7. Anther showing bristly appearance at upper part of filament. 8. Fruit, crowned with the 

 pappus and the remains of a floret. 9. Extreme forms of the scales of the pappus. 



