. Elementary botany. Botany. The composite family (compositse).—In all the composites, the flowers are grouped (aggregated) into "heads," as in the sunflower, where each head is made up of a great many flowers crowded closely together on a widened receptacle. The family is a large one, and is divided into several sections according to the kinds of flowers and the different ways in which they are combined in the head. In the asters there is one common type illustrated in fig. 391 by the Aster novce-anglia: In the aster, as is well shown in the figures, the head is composed of two kind
. Elementary botany. Botany. The composite family (compositse).—In all the composites, the flowers are grouped (aggregated) into "heads," as in the sunflower, where each head is made up of a great many flowers crowded closely together on a widened receptacle. The family is a large one, and is divided into several sections according to the kinds of flowers and the different ways in which they are combined in the head. In the asters there is one common type illustrated in fig. 391 by the Aster novce-anglia: In the aster, as is well shown in the figures, the head is composed of two kinds of flowers, the. Vig- 391- Aster novse-anglis. Fig. 302. Head of flowers of Aster Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Atkinson, George Francis, 1854-1918. New York, H. Holt
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