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CXXII. COMPOSITE. 



SUB-ORDER I. IIGULIFLOE2E. 



Tribe I. CICHORACE^E. Capitula formed of flowers with a ligulate irregular 

 corolla (demi-florets), all 5 . Style with filiform branches, pubescent; stigmatic bands 

 separate, and not half as long as the branches of the style. Milky plants. Leaves 



alternate. 



PRINCIPAL GENERA. 



Andryala. Chondrilla. Picridium. Helminthia. 



Geropogon. Drepania. Hyoseris. Lapsana, &c. 



[For others, see Tribe XIII. of new classification, p. 505.] 



Cornflower. 



Fruit cut vertically 



(mag.). 



Cornflower. 

 2 Floret (mag.). 



Cornflower. 



Ray flower, neuter, with 



an irregular corolla and 



abortive pistil. 



Cornflower. 

 Andrcecium (mag.). 



\ 



Cornflower. 



(Tubulifloral.) Inflorescence of each capitulum in- 

 definite; collective inflorescence of the capitula definite. 



St.'_ 



Cornflower. 



Vertical section of 



common receptacle (mag.). 



Cornflower. 

 Style and stigma (mag.). 



Cornflower. 



Corolla, androecium, 



style and stigma 



(mag.). 



Cornflower. 

 Pistil (mag.). 



Cornflower. 



Floret cut vertically (mag.), 



showing the anther-tube 



traversed by the style. 



