186 45. COMPOSITJE. 



smaller, in 1 — 3 rows. Fr. unifvrm, slightly beaked. 

 Pappus of aU the fr. in 2 roius; outer^setaceous, persistent; 

 inner longer, feathery, dilated at the base ; or in 1 row, 

 feathery. 



39. Teagopogon. Iht. simple, of 8 — 10 equal phyll. con- 

 nected at the base. Fr. longitudinally striate, with a long 

 beak ; basal scar lateral. Pappus in many rows, feathery, 

 intenooven in the ray. 



40. PicMs. Phyll. in 1 row, equal, mth unequal linear often 

 spreading ones at the base. Fr. terete, transversely striate, 

 constricted or slightly beaked above. Pappus in 2 rows, 

 feathery ; eocternal row rather hairlike. 



41. Hblminthia. Phyll. in 1 row, equal, with equal subu- 

 late adpressed ones at the base, and surrounded by 3 — 5 

 leafiike loose brads. Fr. compressed, transyersely rugose, 

 rounded at the end and loith a slender beak longer than the 

 fruit. Pappus in several rows, feathery. 



***** Pappus filiform, deciduous, never feathery nor dilated at 

 the base. Peceptacle generally without scales. Fruit com- 

 pressed. 



42. Lactttca, Pleads few-flowered. Phyll. with a mem- 

 branous margin, imbricate in 2 — 4 rows : outer row shorter. 

 Fr. plane compressed, contracted and prolonged into a fili- 

 form beak which is neither crowned nor muricate. 



43. Taraxacum. Heads many-flowered, /mjj. (ZowJfe ; inner 

 phyll. in 1 row, erect ; outer few, short, lax or adpressed, 

 imbricate. Fr. subcompressed, muricate and sudde^ily con- 

 tracted above, prolonged into a filiform beak. 



44. SoNCHTTS. Heads many-flowered. Phyll. imbricate in 

 2 or 3 rows, unequal. Fr. plane compressed, truncate, not 

 beaked. 



45. Mtjigedium. Heads many-flowered. Inv. double ; inner 

 phyll. in 1 row ; outer short, lax, imbricate. Fr. compressed, 

 constricted above, and ending in a ciliate disk. Outer rows 

 of the pappus rigid and brittle. 



****** Fruit terete, ribbed. Otherwise like the preceding section. 



46. Crbpis. Heads many-flowered. Inv. double ; inner ' 

 phyll. in 1 row ; outer snort, lax. Fr. terete, narrowed 

 upwards or bealced. Pappus soft. 



47. HiEBACiUM. Heads many-flowered. Phyll. imbricate, 



