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Order 191. Mutisiace>e, (Compositse, series 2. Labiatiflorae, DC.) 
Albumen absent : seed erect. Corolla bilabiate. 
Order 192. Cichorace^, Juss. (Compositae, series 3. Liguliflorae, DC.) 
Albumen absent ; seed erect. Corollas ligulate, or 1 -lipped. Juice milky. 
Order 193. Asteracejs, (Corymbiferae, Juss. — Compositae, series 1. Tu- 
buliflorae, DC. cliiefly.) 
Albumen absent; seed erect. Involucre hemispherical. Florets of the ray ligulate if 
present. 
Order 194. Cynarace^, (Cynarocephalae, Juss. — Compositae, series 1, Tu- 
buliflorae, DC. Trib. V., Cynareae ; sub-trib. 3. 4. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.) 
Albumen absent ; seed erect. Involucre rigid or spiny, conical. Flowers of ray tubular, 
inflated, regular. 
Order CXC. CALYCERACE^. 
Calycerea:, R. Brownin Linn. Trans. 12. 132. (1816) ; Rich, in Mtm.Mus. 6. 76. (1820). 
Boopide^, Cassini in Diet, des Sc. 5. 26. Supp. (1817). 
Essential Character. — Calyx superior, of 5 unequal pieces. Corolla regular, funnel- 
shaped, with a long slender tube and 5 segments, each of which has 3 principal veins ; 
glandular spaces below the stamens and alternate with them. Stamens 5, monadelphous ; 
"anthers combined by their lower half in a cylinder. Ovary inferior, 1 -celled; opwZe solitary, 
pendulous ; style simple, smooth ; stigma capitate. Fruit an indehiscent pericarp crowned 
by the rigid spiny segments of the calyx. Seed solitary, pendulous, sessile ; embryo in the 
axis of fleshy albumen ; radicle superior. Herbaceous plants. Leaves alternate, without 
stipules. Flowers collected in heads, which are either terminal or opposite the leaves, sur- 
rounded by an involucre. Florets sessile, hermaphrodite, or neuter. 
Affinities. A very small and curious tribe, differing from Compositae in 
nothing but their albumen, pendulous ovule, and half distinct anthers, and 
from Dipsaceae in their filaments being monadelphous and their anthers partly 
connate. They may therefore be considered to hold a middle station between 
these two famihes. Richard’s monograph, in the work above quoted, is wor- 
thy of the high reputation of that distinguished botanist. 
Geography. All natives of South America. 
Properties. Unknown. 
GENERA. 
Calycera, Cav. Acicarpha, Juss. 
Boopis, Juss. Cryptocarpha, Cass. 
Orders CXCI. 
CXCII. 
CXCIII. 
CXCIV. 
MUTISIACE^ 
CICHORACE^ 
ASTERACEiE 
CYNARACEiE 
or COMPOSIT.^. 
Composite, Adans. Fam. 2. 103. (1763) ; Kunth in Humb. N. G. et Sp. vol. 4. (1820) ; 
Lindl. Synops. 140. (1829) ; Lessing, Synops. Compos. (1832) ; Royle’s Illustr. 245. 
(1835); DC. Prodr. vol. b. {ined). — Synanthereje, Rich. Anal. (1808); Cassini 
Diet. Sc. N. 10. 131. (1818) ; ibid. 60. 563. (1830). — CoRYMBiFERiE, Cynaroce- 
PHALiE, and CiCHORACEiE, Juss. Gen. (1789). 
Essential Character. — Calyx superior, closely adhering to the ovary, and undis- 
