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Section 1, Ligulifldrae.— Hds. hom6gamous, flte. all §. Fits, 

 ligulatc. Tribe 1. Milky. 1. Lactiica. © @. St. leafy; hds. 

 small, panioled; fits, of various colors. L. sativa, Garden Lettucb, 

 flts. yellow. Q. Eur. 2. Taraxacum dens-lehnis, Dandblion. 

 Stemless, hd. sol., pedunoled, large; flts. yellow. N. hemisphere. 

 Fig. 142. 3. Tragopogon porrif alius, Salsify, Oystjsk-Plant. (g). 

 2°-4° high; hdS; sol., large, peduncled ; flts. purple; rt. edible. Eur. 

 4. Cichorium Intybus, Chicoky. %. 2°-3° high ; hds. large, flts. 

 sky-blue ; rt. used to adulterate cofl^ce. Eur. S. Catan&nche cerulea. 

 O- 2°-3° high; hds. large, sol., flts. blue. Fit, Fig. 167, B. S. 

 Eur. C. lutea, flts. yellow, Candia. 



Section 2. Labiataeflorae. — Hds. homdgamous or heterogamous (of 

 sepa. sexes), rayed or not. Fits, bilabiate or deeply 5-fld. Tribe 2. 1, 

 Chaptalia tomentbsa. Hds. heterogamous, radiate ; ray flts. pink or 

 white; disk flts. yellow. Stemless, Q|. ; hds. sol., long-peduncl^d. 

 N. C. to Fla. and La. 2. Mutisia. Hds. rayed, sol., long-peduncled ; 

 flts. bright red, purple, pink, or yellow. 30 'spec. TJndershrubs or 

 climbers ; Ivs. often terminating in a tendril. Very ornamental. S. 

 Am., chiefly in Chili. 3. Barnadesia. Spiny shrubs; Ivs. entire; 

 hds. silky ; flts. and involucre often rose-colored, or purple. 9 spec, 

 trop. Am. 4. Farfigium gr^nde. Eed. Lvs. large, reniform, varie- 

 gated ; ornamental. Japan. 



Section 3. Tubuliflorae. — Disk flts. tubular. Hds. hom6gamous or 

 heterogamous. Ray flts (if present) J*, $, or neuter; if absent, the 

 hds. of tubular flts. are called discoid. This Section includes the 11 

 remaining Tribes. Tribe 3. Hds. homogamous ; flts. tubular. Lvs. 

 usually spiny. 1. Cdrthamus tinctorius, Safflowek; 2°-3° high; 

 flts. yellow; furnishing flne' pink, rose, scarlet, and crimson dyes; 

 powdered, and mixed with talc, they form Rouge. Asia. 2. Cen- 

 taurea. Flt^. tubular. Many spec, blue, yellow, purple. C. Cpanus, 

 Bluebottle, Cornflower ; hds. showy, blue, outer row imitating 

 rays. Eur. 3. Cnicus benedictus, Blessed Thistle. 0. 2° high ; 

 flts. tubular, yellow. Levant. 4. Arctium Lappa, Burdock; (g). 

 Involucre globose, spiny ; hds. panioled ; flts. bright pink. Lvs. very 

 large, undulate. Eur. S. Onopdrdon. Hds. large, purple; flts. 

 tubular. Sev. fine spec. O. Acdnthium, Cotton Thistle. Eur. 

 6. Silybum Maridnum, Our Lady's Thistle. @. 4' high. 

 Lvs. large, pinnatifld, mottled with white ; caused, says the old legend, 

 by a drop of the Blessed Virgin's milk. Fls purple. Eur. 7. Cii- 

 duus, Plume Thistle. 100 spec, several ornamental. C. lanceoldtus, 

 Scotch T. @. 3°-4° high. Lvs. pinnatifld, spiny; hds. large, 

 plume-like; flts. purple. 8. Cynara. Many species, often showy. C. 

 Scblymus, Artichoke. Ql. Lvs. large, 3°-4° long, pinnatifld; 

 flowering stem erect, 4°-6°high ; hd. sol., terminal, globular; scales 

 of involucre large, fleshy, spiny-tipped, enveloping the purple flts.; 

 hd. i'-&' in diameter, showy ; gathered before opening, and boiled as 

 a vegetable ; bracts and diskvery delicate and sweet. Fig. 214. 

 Medit. States. Common in S. gardens, U. S. Tribe 4. Hds. usu- 

 ally rayed. 1. Gazania. Usually stemless. Lvs. pinnatisect, 

 canescent; hds. sol., peduncled; 3' in diam. ; rays yellow, disk 

 dark orange ; 40 spec. S. Af. 2. Arct6tis. Qj.. Caulescent. Lvs. 

 entire or pinnatifld, cinereous ; hds. often 4' in diam., ray deep orange, 

 disk brown. Cape of Good Hope. Tribe 5. Hds. rayed. 1. Calfen- 



