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FLOWERS OF COMPOSITE. 



system and the cutis, no longitudinal vessels can exist in that part 

 which represents the bark. 



15th. — Cabul. Glycyrrhiza thermopsoides frequently presents on 

 the non-flowering stems, a pod-like transformation of the uppermost 

 leaves. 



In Centaurea cyanea, the disposition of the limb of the ray is such 

 that the incomplete part or the fissure is outside. This is exactly 

 opposite to the disposition of the same part in true Ligulatse. 



Judging from Centaurea, the smaller lip of the bilabiate species of 

 Composite ought to be situated outside. 



Erythrseoides, Glauca floribus albidis occurs on the Chummums. 



16th. — Regaled with a library: " Calumny and detraction," says 

 Boerhaave, " are sparks, which if you do not blow them, will go out 

 of themselves." — Murphy's Johnston, Vol. IX. p. 34. 



In Johnston's Life of Drake, p. 99 to 100, are some admirable 

 remarks on those minds, that disapprove of every strikingly novel 

 scheme, and from which a good motto might be chosen, should any 

 national system be proposed in Botany. 



What were Sir Thomas Browne's five sorts of vegetables, and 

 what were his remarks on the form of plants and laws of vegetation ? 

 —See Johnstons Works, Vol. IX. p. 296. 



