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AFFGIIAXISTAN FLORA, ETC. 



I know of no instance of similar fruit, the abortive ones are 

 entirely those of Cynoglossum i. e. flattish and oblique and 

 echinate, but the sides of the perfect ones are pulled out, as it 

 were, and then turned in equally. 



1 Plant, an over grown specimen, 2 flower, corolla laid 

 open, 4 pistillum, 5 do. one lobe of ovary cut through shew- 

 ing the pendulous ovuli, 6 oblique view of fruit, 7 do. long 

 section. The attachment of the nut is, as in Cynoglossum, to 

 a cone by a broad base. 

 231. Composita. — Planta minima singularis, subacaulis. Radix 

 fusiformis. Fol. rosacei, patent, basi lata, lineare lanceolata ; 

 intima involucra simulanta plus minus unita, basi sajpe multo 

 minora. Aspectus plantae hujus ut unius altero mihi cognito 

 Composito monocotyledonus. Centru plantae floribus vel 

 capitulis in massam unam aggragatis nuncupat. Involucri squa- 

 mis, exterioris foliosis, interior brevibus oblongis. Flores mo- 

 noici, disci pauce masculi ; circumferentiae pluriores faeminei. 

 Receptaculum setaceum. Flos masculus, stipitatus 4 partitus, 

 valvatus, venatione Browniana : basi (apice stipitis) cinct 

 calyce scarioso, 5-8 partito in laciniis inaqualibus setaceis 

 plumosis. Corolla tubulosa libera, rubraj-brunnea. Stam. or- 

 dinis leviter adhserent. Pollen glabrum ; 3 plicat. 3 gouum 

 Rud. faemin central : Stigma clavat subexsert. 



Flos fsemineus sessilis palea bracteiformi foliaceo, margi- 

 nibus superinvolutis amplexus. Calyx dense vestitus mar- 

 ginem pappulosum setaceum dentatum copiosum product. 

 Corolla abortiva, tubulosa, ore irregulariter et obsolit dentato, 

 ad medium tantum venosa. Stam oo. Stylus elongatus basi 

 incrassatus. Stigmata ordinis. Ovulum unicum ordinis. 

 Akenia immatura bractea amplexa vestita, solubilis e tegu- 

 ment membranaceo seminis. Pappus copiosus, setaceus, den- 

 tatus. Corrolla persistens basi inflata ! et pappo omniuo hid- 

 den. Stylus persistens, basi ampliata. Embryo ordinis. In 

 wheat fields Abigoom. 



Examined in a hurry, it is a remarkable plant, but I imagine 

 the stalk of the male flowers is the abortive ovary and calyx, 

 or else we shall have one sex adhaerent, the other free. 

 The calyx limb of the male evidently represents the pappus. 



