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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 ^W pistillate (?) or fertile in another. The 

 botanist should have both kinds in hand. 



An l7ivo2ticre consisting of many bracts or scales, sur- 

 rounds each head of flowers. Here the scales are scar ions 

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



