slender ; style long, exserted ; moih-type of pollinalion. Capsule -^ in., 2-valved, 

 dehiscing loculicidally ; seeds small, winged marginally. 



The Naucleae comprise a special section with globose aggregated inflorescences 

 as capitula of closely-packed flowers : — 



Anthoeephalus Cadamba, a large deciduous tree with soft w-ood, of outer hills 

 and evergreen forest, planted and cult., leaves coriaceous, flower-heads large, terminal 

 solitary, 1^-2 in. diam., as yellow balls in the manner of Pla/anus. Inflorescence- 

 receptacle enlarged in fruit to orange fleshy pseudocarp (taken by animals and birds), 

 with closely packed capsules ; seeds not winged. 



Adina cordifolia, a tall tree, common in deciduous forests, leaves cordate and 

 acuminate (Poplar-like); flower-heads i in. diam., yellow, corolla 5-merous, hairy. 



Stephegyne parvifolia, common deciduous tree of outer Himalya, often 

 gregarious : Flower-heads i in. diam., fragrant, greenish-yellow. Flowers pentame- 

 rous, corolla-lube 7-8 mm., style long, projecting, 12 mm.; stigma club-shaped; 

 nectary as conspicuous disc-collar. Fruit-heads globose, \ in., with numerous small 

 2-valved capsules ; seeds 2 mm., pointed and winged at both ends. 



Gardenia latifolia, a small tree, floral mechanism on large scale, distinct moth- 

 type of pollination : corolla pale-yellow, fading orange ; petals 5-9, tube 2-3 in. long. 

 Fruit 2 in., drupaceous, indehiscent, with thin hard sclerocarp. Seeds numerous on 

 4-5 parietal placentas. 



Coffea arabiea (Coffee), a small tree, 15 ft., of Trop. E. Africa, cult. ; Flowers 

 in axillary clusters, corolla greenish-white, ranging 4-9-merous, tube 6-8 mm., styles 

 and anthers projecting. Fruit a crimson drupe, A in. diam., with 2 pyrenae ; sclero- 

 carp cartilaginous only ; seed 10 mm., with soHd horny endosperm. 



C. Jiberica of W. Africa, larger leaves, flowers 6-9-merous ; fruit i in. diam., 

 crimson, seeds similar-; disease-resisting. 



Compositae (806/13,100) a huge series of predominantly herbaceous types in 

 temperate regions or on mountain ranges ; without detinite timber-trees and of minor 

 importance in forestry. For shrubb}' forms (Hort.) cf. Ukaria Haastii of New 

 Zealand. Flowers white in cor3mbose panicles of few-flowered (7-12) capitula, with 

 3-5 ray-florets (July). 



Vernonia arborea, a small tree, 60 ft., of Hill forest of S. India ; Flowers in 

 capitula (1-6), all tubular : pappus of white hairs, 6 mm. 



Leucomeris speetabilis, a small deciduous tree of NW. Himalya, bark 

 white, leaves coriaceous, felted white underneath ; capitula 4-8 flowered, in terminal 

 corymbose panicle, 6 in. diam. 



Blumea bahaini/era. a large aromatic shrub, gregarious, with silky tomentum, in 

 the manner of Artemisia. Capitula of yellow flowers, \ in., clustered in a leafy 

 panicled system ; pappus red : yields camphor. 



Senecio a characteristic genus (1,200 sp.) of great range; involucre of a single 

 contact-cycle, ray-florets normally present, pappus simple ; represented by woody 

 climbers in Hill-forest. 



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