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INFLORESCENCE. 



upon an expanded receptacle on the summit of the stem. 

 (Fig. 108.) 



Each little flower comprising a capitulum is called a floret. 

 The florets are often very different in appearance, some consist- 



Fig. 108. 



a. Ray florets. 6. Disk florets. 



ing of a ligulate or flattened limb, arranged around the circum- 

 ference like the petals of other flowers, and are called ray 

 florets, as are seen in the Sun-flower (Fig. 109), while the 

 sentral are usually tubular and unconspicuous, and are called 



Fig. 109.— Disk Floret. Fig. 110.— Ray Floret. 



h "b a. J!> 



c 



. Limb. b. Style, c. Stamen tube. 

 d. Egret or pappus, e. Acbeuium 

 or seed. 



a. Corolla, b. Style, e. Stamen tube, 

 d. Pappus, e. Acbenium. 



What is a floret ? What are ray florets ? 



