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COMPOUND FLOWERS. 



Fig. 145, 

 somewhat like an ess: 



0. The Corolla (c) is compound^ having many florets on one re- 

 ceptacle, 7-adiate, having ra)^s ; the florets of the disk are tubular. 



(Fig. 145, a,) they have both stamens and 

 pistils ; they are funnel-shaped, and five- 

 toothed ; the florets of the ray (6) are 

 flat, and have pistils without stamens. 



6. The Stamens (c) are Jive, united 

 at the summits by their anthers, forming 

 a tube. 



7. The pistil in the disk florets passes 

 up through the tube formed by the an- 

 thers, (d ;) the stigma is parted into two 

 divisions, which are rejlcxed ; the pistu 

 in the ray florets passes up through the 

 tube. 



8. The plant has no pericarp or seed 

 vessel ; the seeds grow upon the recep- 

 tacle, (e;) they are single and shaped 



they are also naked, that is, destitute of the 

 downy plume called egret, which is seen upon the dandehon, and 

 many other of the syngenesious plants. 



9. The receptacle is conical, or resembles in shape a sugar-loaf; it 

 is dotted with little holes ; these are the places in which the seeds 

 were fixed ; the appearance of the receptacle, whether naked or 

 chaffy, is very important to be observed in the syngenesious plants, 

 it sometimes constitutes a distinction between genera. The seed 

 belongs to Mirbel's genus of fruits, Cypsela. 



The botanical name of the daisy is bellis perennis. It belongs to 

 the class 17th, Syngenesia, because the anthers are united ; order 

 2d, Superflua, because the pistils in the ray are superfluous, having 

 ho stamens. The generic name, Bellis, is from an ancient Latin 

 word, belles, handsome; from which comes also the French word 

 bet ; the specific name, perennis, signifies that it is a perennial plants 

 or one whose roots live several years. 



The common name, daisy, is derived from a property which many 

 petals of the .syngenesious plants possess of folding themselves at the 

 setting of the sun, and expanding them with its rising. The poet 

 Chaucer, who lived in the fourteenth century, is said to have first 

 lioticed this circumstance, and to have called the flower Day's-eye. 



The orders of the class Syngenesia are founded on the situation of 

 the several kinds of florets. We will, however, before explaining 

 the orders, remind you of the distinction made in these florets. 



1. Perfect, such as have both stamens and pistils. 



2. Barren, or staminate, having only stamens. 



3. Fertile or pistillate, having only pistils. 



4. Neutral, destitute of eithei"" stamens or pistils. 

 They are also distinguished into ligulate and tubular. 



The five orders in this class depend on the various situations of 

 these different kinds of florets. 



Order jEqrialis. 



The first Order contains those compound flowers which have 

 all the florets perfect; this order is divided into three sections. 



Describe the corolla of the daisy— The stamens— The pistil— The pericarp— The re- 

 ceptacle— Eotanictil name, class, and orderof daisy— Derivation of the botanical name 

 — The common name— Orders of the class Syngenesia, how distinguished?— DitTer- 

 cnt kinds of florets— Order ^qualia, divided into three sections. 



