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COMPOUND FLOWERS. 
Fig. 145. 
somewhat Hke an e^s 
5. The Corolla (e) is compound, having many florets on one re- 
ceptacle, radiate^ having rays ; the florets of the disk are tubular, 
(Fig. 145, a,) they have both stamens and 
pistils ; they are funnel-shaped, and five- 
toothed ; the florets of the ray (6) are 
flat, and have pistils without stamens. 
6. The Stamens (c) are Jive, united 
at the summits by their anthers, forming 
a tube. 
1/ W ^ '^^^ pistil in the disk florets passes 
11 up through the tube formed by the an- 
ijjl^ W thers, {d ;) the stigma is parted into two 
divisions, which are rejlexed ^- the pistu 
in the ray florets passes up through the 
tube. 
8. The plant has no pericarp or seed 
• vessel ; the seeds grow upon the recep- 
tacle, (e;) they are single and shaped 
they are also naked, that is, destitute of the 
downy plume called egret, which is seen upon the dandelion, and 
many other of the syngenesious plants. ; 
9. The receptacle is conical, or resembles in shape a sugar-loaf; it 
is dotted with little holes ; these are the places in which the seeds 
were fixed ; the appearance of the receptacle, whether naked or 
chaffy, is very important to be observed in the syngenesious plants, 
it sometimes constitutes a distinction between genera. The seed 
belongs to Mirbel's genus of fruits, Cypsela. 
The botanical name of the daisy is bellis perennis. It belongs to 
the class 17th, Syngenesia, because the anthers are united ; order 
2d, Superflua, because the pistils in the ray are superfluous, having 
no stamens. The generic name, Bellis, is from an ancient Latin 
word, belles, handsome ; from which comes also the French word 
bel; the specific name, pere?inis, signifies that it is a perennial plant, 
or one whose roots live several years. 
The common name, daisy, is derived from a property which many 
petals of the syngenesious plants possess of folding themselves at the 
setting of the sun, and expanding them with its rising. The poet 
Chaucer, who lived in the fourteenth century, is said to have first 
noticed this circumstance, and to have called the flower Day's-eye. 
The orders of the class Syngenesia are founded on the situation of 
the several kinds of florets. We will, however, before explaining 
the orders, remind you of the distinction made in these florets. 
1. Perfect, such as have both stamens and pistils. 
2. Barren, or staminate, having only stamens. 
3. Fertile or pistillate, having only pistils. 
4. Neutral, destitute of either stamens or pistils. 
They are aJso distinguished into ligulate and tubidar. 
The five orders in this class depend on the various situations of 
these diflferent kinds of florets. 
Order JEqualis, 
The first Order contains those compound flowers which have 
all the florets perfect ; this order is divided into three sections. I 
Describe the corolla of the daisy—The stamens— The pistil— The pericarp— The re- 
ceptacle—Botanical name, class, and order of daisy— Derivation of the botanical name 
—The common name— Orders of the class Syngenesui, how disiiugiiished Differ- 
ent kinds of florets— Order ^Equalis, divided into three s«ctions. 
