PLATE III. 



CHINA-ASTER. 



Aster Chinensis; Syngenesios family, or Compound 

 Flower. 



a The stem 



6, A branch. 



c c, Leaves. 



d, A head not blown. 



d 1 , A head in blossom. 



e e, Folioles composing the involucre. 



/, Flora leaves, approximating to the form of 



the folioles of the involucre. 



g, Ligulate florets situated around the disk. 



g 1 , A single floret remaining on the head, all the 



others being taken off. 



h, Tubular florets situated on the disk or centre 



of the head. 



/i 1 , A single tubular floret remaining on the disk, 



g", A ligulate floret magnified. E 



t, Tube of the calyx soldered on the ovary. 



k, Edges of the calyx terminating in layers or 



pappus. 



Z, Ligulate petal terminating in fine teeth, 



m, Two stigmas. 



/i 11 , A tubular floret magnified. 



i 1 , Tube of the calyx soldered on the ovary. 



/e 1 , Pappus crowning the calyx. 



Z 1 , Tubular petal terminating in fine teeth. 



m, 1 Stigmas. 



n, Upper part of the style bearing the stigmas. 



n 1 , The same magnified. 



n 11 , The lower part of the style. 



