COMPOSITE 



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FIG. 485. Moscharia pin- 

 natifida. A, longitudi- 

 nal section of achene, 

 showing embryo, x 8. 

 B, transverse section of 

 achene, x 8. 



Stem with the primary internodes undeveloped. 



First leaves simple, cauline, alternate, sinuate, subacute, obo- 

 vate-oblong, petiolate, finely pubescent, light green, pinnatinerved, 

 with alternate or subopposite, obtuse or acute 

 lobes. A 



Moscharia pinnatifida, Ruiz et Pan. if w* 



(fig. 485). 



Achene enclosed in an oblique or sub- 

 carinate bract, which springs from the re- 

 ceptacle and entirely surrounds it ; obovate, 

 suboblique, with a short pappus of feathery 

 unequal hairs springing apparently from one 

 corner and fitting into the cavity of the 

 receptacular bract. 



Seed obovoid, obtuse at both ends, brown, smooth, small ; hilum 

 basal ; chalaza apical. 



Endosperm absent. 



Embryo obovoid, fleshy, colourless, filling the cavity of the seed, 

 straight ; cotyledons plano-convex, closely applied face to face, 

 minutely emarginate ; radicle subturbinate, stout, obtuse, short, 

 close to the hilum. 



Moscharia rosea, Ruiz et 

 Pav. (fig. 486). 



Primary root vertical, 

 slender, colourless, with a 

 few fibres. 



Hypocotyl succulent, 

 about 1 cm. long, 1*5 mm. 

 thick, terete, pubescent, 

 colourless. 



Cotyledons oblate, 6 mm. 

 long, 8 mm. wide, retuse 

 or emarginate at the apex, 

 obscurely nerved, pubescent, 

 thin, yellowish-green ; peti- 

 oles about 8 mm. long, 1-5 

 mm. wide, connate, pubes- 

 cent. 



Stem short, succulent, pubescent and reddish when quite 

 young. 



The first leaf is lyrately pinnatifid, penninerved, pubescent, thin, 



FIG. 486. Moscharia rosea. Nat. size. 



