The elements of botany for beginners and for schools . tituent petals. Sothis is a kind of gamopetalous corolla, which is open along one side nearly Fig. 266. Two flower-heads of Chiocory. Fig. 267. One of them half out away, better showing some of the flowers. 94 FLOWERS. [section 8. to the base, and outspread. The nature of such a corolla (and of the sta-mens also, to be explained in the next section) is illustrated by the floweiof a Lobelia, Fig. 285. 268. In Asters, Daisies, Sunflower, Coreopsis (Fig. 268), and the like,only the marginal (or Hay) corollas are ligulate; the rest (those of t
The elements of botany for beginners and for schools . tituent petals. Sothis is a kind of gamopetalous corolla, which is open along one side nearly Fig. 266. Two flower-heads of Chiocory. Fig. 267. One of them half out away, better showing some of the flowers. 94 FLOWERS. [section 8. to the base, and outspread. The nature of such a corolla (and of the sta-mens also, to be explained in the next section) is illustrated by the floweiof a Lobelia, Fig. 285. 268. In Asters, Daisies, Sunflower, Coreopsis (Fig. 268), and the like,only the marginal (or Hay) corollas are ligulate; the rest (those of the^ IVtsk) are regularly gamopetalous, -1 ^\ \ft>k hflnl .i-\ ^ ^ tubular, and five-lobed at summit; but they are small and individuallyinconspicuous, only the ray-fiowersmaking a show. In fact, those ofCoreopsis and of Sunflower aresimply for show, these ray-flowersbeing not only sterile, but neutral,that is, having neither stamensnor pistil. But in Asters, Daisies,Golden-rods, and the like, these ray-flowers are pistillate and fertile, serving h.
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