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Subtribe Bellidecd, — Eay-flowers femalCj ligulate, never yellow ; 
disk flowers yellow; pappus none or very short. Examples: Lagenophora, 
Brachycome, Brisbane Daisy ; Beilis^ English Daisy. 
Subtribe HeterochromeoE. — Eay-flower female, ligulate, never 
yellow ; disk flowers yellow ; pappus hairs long, copious. Examples : 
Calotis, nasty burrs ; Olearia^ often handsome shrubs. 
Tribe 4. I?ruLOlDEJ5. — Plower-heads heterogamous, disciformis or 
radiate, or wanting rays and homoganious. Anthers setiferous or 
caudate at the base. Style-branches linear, obtuse, inappendiculate, 
or styles of the steidle flowers undivided. Leaves usually alternate. 
Disk and ray-llowers usually both yolloiv. 
Subtribe Plucheinece. — Heads androgynous. Involueral bracts 
dry or herbaceous, rarely subscarious. Eeceptacle naked. Style- 
arms of the hermaphrodite flowers filiform, not truncate, or style of 
sterile flowers entire. Example : Blumea^ Epalies, Pterocauloii. 
More or less weedy plants, seldom of much beauty; this is especially 
the case with those species of winch examples will be obtainable. 
Subtribe Gnaphaliem. — Heads androgynous or homoganious. 
Involueral bracts scarious, usually hyaline, or the inner radiating. 
Eeceptacle usually naked. Style-arms of tlie hermaphrodite flowers 
truncate. Examples : Qnaplialiumj Beliohrysum^ or the Everlasting 
Eiowers. Immortelle of the Erench belong to this genus and its near 
allies. 
Tribe 5. HELIA^"TIIOIDE^. — Elower-heads heterogamous, radiate, 
or disciformis, or wanting rays and homogamous. Eeceptacle 
paleaceous, or rarely naked in the centre. Anthers ecaudate, or with 
two very short points at the base. Style-branches with the apex 
truncate or appendiculate, or style of the sterile flovvers entire. 
Achenes 3-4-angied, or terete, or compressed. Pappus of 2-4 bristles, 
or paleaceous, or none. 
Subtiibe Ambrosiees. — ^Heads heterogamous or unisexual. Flowers 
hermaphrodite, sterile, with undivided styles; female apetalous. 
Anthers nearly free, with inflexed appemiages. Examples: Ambrosia^ 
Xanthium. Both genera mtroduced weeds ; the latter includes the 
Bathurst and Noogoora burrs. 
Subtribe Zinmem, — Head radiate; ligula of achene sessile or sub- 
sessile, persistent. Eeceptacle paleaceous. Example : Zinnia^ a well- 
known garden annual. 
Subtribe Verhesinece, — Heads hetero or homogamous. Flowers 
hermaphrodite, all fertile. Achenes of the disk anguled, subterete, or 
laterally compressed, ci’owned with 2-3 bristles or scales or naked. 
Leaves usually opposite. Exam2>les: ISiegesbeckia^ Eclipta., Heliantlim, 
or Sunflower. 
Subtribe Coreopsulew. — Heads hetero or homogamous. Flowers 
hermaphrodite, all fertile or neuter. Achenes dorsaliy compressed. 
2-4 awned or naked. Examples : Coreoj^siHi Dahlia^ Qosmos^ all well- 
known garden plants. 
Subtribe Oallnsogece. — Heads hetero or homogamous. Flowers 
hermaphrodite, all fertile. Achenes with short bristle-like pale®. 
Example ; Galinsoga, an introduced and troublesome annual weed, 
at once recognised by its 5 (usually) small white ligulate florets. 
Tribe 0. IIelexioidej^, — F ower-heads heterogamous radiate, or 
rarely disciformis or wanting rays and homogamous. Eeceptacle 
