DICOTYLEDONS: SYMPETALuE 



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heads of composites have the general structure described 

 for Arnica; but in the dandelion and its allies the disk- 



B 



FIG. 298. Arnica: A, plant bearing an open head, showing the conspicuous rays 

 and disk; B, ray-flower; C, disk-flower. After HOFFMAN. 



flowers are like the ray-flowers, with conspicuous strap- 

 shaped corollas (Fig. 299). 

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