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ORDER JEQUALIS. 
daisy, which was illustrated by a dissected plant, must have im- 
pressed upon your minds the peculiarities which distinguish this 
from all other classes. 
You will recollect that a compound flower is a collection of 
little flowers or florets, placed upon the same receptacle, and 
within one common calyx; add to this description the five sta- 
mens, with their anthers united, forming a little tube, and you 
have an idea of a syngenesious flower. 
The Orders of the class syngenesia are distinguished by dif- 
ferent circumstances than are noticed in any other class ; they 
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 also distinguished into ligulate, having a flat strap- 
shaped corolla, and tubular, having a tubular corolla. 
The five orders in this class, depend on the various situations 
of these different kinds of florets. 
JEQUALI3. 
The First Order contains those compound flowers which 
have all the florets perfect ; this order is divided into 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 saffron, ( Carthamus .) 
3d. Florets tubulous, without rays ; as, bone-set, or thorougli- 
wort, ( Eupatorium .) 
You will find no difficulty in procuring for analysis, either 
dandelions or thistles; bone-set is also abundant; therefore, 
for farther investigation of this order we will refer you to the 
plants themselves, aided by the generic and specific descriptions 
provided to assist you in analyzing plants. 
SOPERFLUA. 
The Second order presents us with such compound flowers as 
have the florets of the disk perfect, and those of the ray on ly pis- 
tillate, each pistil producing a perfect seed. The term svpeifma 
Orders, how distinguished? — Different kinds of florets — Order ^qualis, 
divided into three sections — Order Supcrflua. — 
