PRINCIPLES OF BOTANY, ETC. 
rounds only the half of the top of the 
seed. 
f. Chatty, (paleaceus), when small leaves like 
scales stand round the top of the seed, as in 
the sun-flower, Helianthus annuus, and many 
others. This chaffy pappus consists of two, 
three, five or more leaves, (di, tri, penta, vel 
polyphyllus) ; the foliola are lanceolate, ob- 
tuse or setaceous. ! 
g. Awned, (aristatus), when one, two, or even 
three, but never more, straight sete stand 
round the top of the seed, as in Bidens #ri- 
partita. . 
hb. Stellate, (stellatus), when five long pointed 
bristles are spread like a star on the top of 
the seed. 
ij. Hair-like, (capillaris s. pilosus), when many 
very fine, and commonly shining, white, sim- 
ple hairs stand on the crown of the seed, 
forse ee 44} 
k. Setaceous, (setaceus), when many rigid 
bristles, that are of another colour than 
white, and all of them quite smooth, sur- 
round the top of the seed, fig. 189. 
i. Fringed, (ciliatus), when stiff, close-pressed 
setze, are set with very short, and hardly vi- 
sible hairs. ‘This kind connects the former 
with the following species. 
m. Plumose, (p/umosus), when the pappus is 
composed of fine hairs or sete, that are 
themselves set with fine hairs on the sides, 
fi, 185. | 
nm. Uni- 
