COMPOSITE FAMILY 



TASSEL FLOWER. CACALIA 



Emilia fldmmea. 



Stem. — About two feet high. 



Leaves. — Obovate and petioled. 



Flower -heads. — Discoid; tubular florets orange-red or dull-scarlet, 

 closely packed in an involucre made up of a single row of oblong bracts 

 united at their edges, borne in a loose corymb. 



This little flower has long been in cultivation, but there are 

 so many better summer bloomers that it is rarely seen. The 



Tassel Flower. Emilia fidmmea 



common name is well chosen, for the involucre makes a strong 

 urn-like cup into which the florets are packed fairly to suffocation ; 

 the urn considerably smaller at the top than bottom, so that the 

 entire head has a strong resemblance to a tassel. The inflorescence 

 is terminal with a head at the summit of the stem which, of course, 

 limits the growth of the plant. 



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