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POPULAR, GARDEN BOTANY. 



liclifoUa, fasciculatum, gramineum, Bnmoniamm, and recur- 

 vum. These plants require to be kept from frost and damp 

 in the winter, and a light peat soil suits them ; they are in- 

 creased by seeds and cuttings. 



ASTERACEM. 



Exogens, with flowers collected in dense heads upon a com- 

 mon receptacle, surrounded by an involucre. The florets have the 

 calyx superior, closely adhering to the ovary ; the limb either 

 wanting, or divided into bristles, hairs, or feathers, called pappus. 

 Corolla monopetalous, superior, either strap or funnel-shaped, 

 and four or five-toothed. Stamens equal in number to the teeth ; 

 the anthers cohering in a cylinder. Leaves simple, or much 

 divided. — Herbaceous plants or shrubs ; natives of all parts of 

 the world ; properties tonic, bitter and aromatic. 



CHRYSOCOMA. (Golden Locks.) 



Gen. Char. (Syngenesia Polygamia JEqualis.) Eeceptacle naked ; 

 pappus simple; involucre hemispherical, imbricated; style scarcely 

 longer than the florets ; all the florets have stamens and pistils. 



Named from the Greek for gold and hair, from the yellow 

 colour of the flowers. These are Cape plants, with yellow 



