ORDER ^QTJALIS. 
a. Analysis of the Mountain Daisy.— The Root (Fig. 150, a) F»g- 
is fibrous ; from these fibers spring out tubercles ; the root is 
said to he Jibrous-tubercled. The Leaves (b) are radical, spring- 
ing from the root ; simple, because they are undivided ; obovate, 
wfth the someAvhat oval form being narrowed toward the 
stem ; ciliate, having liairs upon their margin. The Stefn (c) is 
called a scape, because it springs directly from the root and 
bears no leaves ; it is simple and pubescent.^ The Calyx 
(d) is hemispherical; it is common, that is, incloses many 
florets ; the leaflets of the calyx, sometimes called scales, are 
eyual. The Corolla (e) has many florets on one expanded ra- 
chis or receptacle ; it is radiate, having rays ; the florets of the 
disk are tubular (Fig. 151, a), perfect flowers, funnel-shaped, 
and five-toothed ; the florets of the ray (6) ligulate : they have 
pistils without 'stamens. The Stamens (c) are Jive, united by 
their anthers, forming a tube. The pistil in the disk florets passes up through the 
tube formed by the anthers (d) ; the stigma is parted into two divisions, which ar 
refiexed. The plant has no pericarp or seed-vessel ; 
the seeds (achenia) grow upon the rachis (e), they 
are single, naked, or destitute of the downy plume 
called egret which is seen upon the dandelion and 
many other of the syngenesious plants. The rachis 
is conical ; it is dotted with little holes, these 
are the places in which the seeds were fixed ; the 
appearance of the rachis, whether naked or chaffy, 
sometimes constitutes a distinction between genera 
of the syngenesious plants. This seed belongs to 
Mirbel's genus of fruits, Cypsela. 
b. The botanical name of the daisy is bellis 
perennis. It belongs to the artificial class Syn- 
genesia, because the anthers are united ; order 2d, 
Superflua, because the pistils in the ray are super- 
fluous, having no stamens. The generic name, 
Bellis, is from an ancient Latin word, belles, hand- 
some ; from which comes also the French word bel ; the specific name, perennis^ 
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 syngene- 
sious plants possess of folding thetnselves at \he setting of the sun, and expanding 
with its rising. The poet Chaucer, who lived in the fourteenth century, is said \a 
have first noticed this circumstance, and to have called the flower day's-eye. 
260. The orders of the class Syngenesia are founded on the 
situation of the several kind of florets. These florets are, perfect^ 
such as have both stamens and pistils ; harren^ or staminate^ 
having only stamens ; fertile^ or pistillate^ having only pis- 
tils ; neutn^al^ destitute of either stamens or pistils. The five 
orders in this class depend on the various situations of these 
different kinds of florets. 
261. Order y^qualis. — first Order contains those flowers 
of this class which have all the florets perfect or equal j this 
order is divided into three sections. 
1st. Containing such as have ligulate florets ; as the dande- 
lion, lettuce, and vegetable oyster. 2d. Florets tubulous^ with 
flowers in a head ; as the thistle, and false saftron {Cartliarwus). 
a. Descri'>e Fig. 144. — b. Botanical name, class, and order of the daisy. — 2G0. Orders of the clasi 
Syngenesia, how distinguished ]— DilFerent kinds of Horets. — Order .^Equalis, divided into thrijo 
