. Field and woodland plants. ed lobesthat are ciuved downwards;and the upper ones are sessile,less divided, with broad lobeswhich clasp the stem. Theflower-heads are bright yellow,large, and arranged in a loose,terminal corymb. Their stalksand bracts are rough with stiffbrown or black hairs ; and thepappus of the wrinkled fruitsconsists of a dense mass ofwhite, silky hairs. The plantblooms during August andSeptember. The Bluebottle or Corn-flower [Centaurea Cyanus) is apretty cornfield Composite, notuncommon in many parts,blooming from June to plant, represented on Plate IV, is cove
. Field and woodland plants. ed lobesthat are ciuved downwards;and the upper ones are sessile,less divided, with broad lobeswhich clasp the stem. Theflower-heads are bright yellow,large, and arranged in a loose,terminal corymb. Their stalksand bracts are rough with stiffbrown or black hairs ; and thepappus of the wrinkled fruitsconsists of a dense mass ofwhite, silky hairs. The plantblooms during August andSeptember. The Bluebottle or Corn-flower [Centaurea Cyanus) is apretty cornfield Composite, notuncommon in many parts,blooming from June to plant, represented on Plate IV, is covered with loose, cottony hairs, and grows fromone to two feet high. The heads of flowers are about an inchin diameter, solitary on long, terminal stalks, surrounded by anoval involucre of closely-overlapping bracts with sharp pointsand toothed, membranous margins. The receptacle is flat, withsilvery bristles between the florets. All the florets are tubular ;the central ones of a bluish-purple colour, with purple anthers ; u 2. The Venuss looking-glass or CornBelltlower. 292 FIELD AND WOODLAND PLANTS and tilt outer ones mucli larger, curved, irregular, and brightl)lue. The fruit is surmounted by a pappus of short, simple of the most beautiful of the corn-field flowers is the CornMarigold or Yellow Ox-eye Daisy {Chrysanthemum segehim), easilydistinguished by its rather large flower-heads, solitary on terminalpeduncles, with bright golden-yellow ray and disc. It grows from
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