COMPOSITES. 



PLANT SCHEDUDLE. 



NO. 



KOOT. 



8TK>I. 



Origin Second ar;/. 



Form Fibrous. 



Colour Broicnish. 



Duration .... Peren n ial. 



Position Subterranean. 



Cluss DiiotylexJonoun. 



Attitude Erect. 



Texture Ilerhaceoun. 



Position Atrial, from a rootatoch. 



Shape Cylindrical, sliglithj grooved. 



Juice Colourless. 



Branching. . . Usually none. 



Height About 18 inches. 



Duration . . . .Rhizome perennial ; aerial 

 stem anmial. 



Surface Smooth, or nearly so. 



LE.iF. 



Division . . .Simple. 



Position . . . Hadiral and cauline. 



Arrangement. .Alternate. 



Stipulation . Exstipulate. 



Insertion . . . Lower petiolate ; upper sessile. 



Outline . . . .Lover spathulate ; upjjer linear. 



No. of leaflets, if any. .None. 



*Texture. . . .Bather thick. 



*Colour Green both sides. 



*Size ^~i% inches long. 



*Venation . .Pinnately net-veined. 



*Margin . . . .Radical crenate ; cauline serrate. 



*Apex Obtuse. 



*Base Loicer tapering ; upper clasping. 



j*Surface . . . .Glabrous. 



I " Applicable to leaflets if leaf is compound. 



IXFLOKKSC'RXCt:, Ac. 



IIE.4I»«». 



Arrangement Terminal, solitary. 



Kim I Radiate. 



Size i\-^ inches across. 



RAV'FLOKKTiii. 



Number Many. 



Colour White 



Shape Linear-oblong. 



Kind Pistillate. 



Pappus Wanting, 



IMSK-FLOKETS. 



Nuinljcr Very many. 



Colour Yellow. 



Shape Tubular, slightly compressed. 



Kind Perfect. 



Pappus Wanting. 



RiXEI'TACLE. 



Form Flattish, or slightly convex. 



Surface Naked. 



IWOLIICRE. 



Form Broad, and flat. 



Rows of Scales About four. 



Form of Scales Lanceolate. 



Texture of Scales .... With scarious margins. 

 Arrangement Imbricated. 



AC'HE\ES. 



Form Nearly cylindrical. 



Surface Striate or ribbed. 



Colour Whitish or grayish, 



SEED. 



Exalbuminous. 



" If florets are all alike fjive iiarticulars under heading Disk- 

 florets. 



