. Botany; an elementary text for schools. Plants. 410 THE KINDS OF PLANTS A. L&ppa, Linn. Common burdock. Fig. 280. Common weed from Europe, with a deep, hard root and bushy top 2-3 ft. high; leaves broad- ovate, somewhat woolly beneath, entire or angled. 24. CENTAURfiA. Star-thistle. Centaurea. Alternate-leaved herbs, the following annuals, with single heads terminating the long branches: heads many-flowered, the florets all tubular but the outer ones usually much larger and sterile: scales of involucre over-lapping: torus bristly: akenes oblong, with bristly or chaffy pappus. Cultivated.
. Botany; an elementary text for schools. Plants. 410 THE KINDS OF PLANTS A. L&ppa, Linn. Common burdock. Fig. 280. Common weed from Europe, with a deep, hard root and bushy top 2-3 ft. high; leaves broad- ovate, somewhat woolly beneath, entire or angled. 24. CENTAURfiA. Star-thistle. Centaurea. Alternate-leaved herbs, the following annuals, with single heads terminating the long branches: heads many-flowered, the florets all tubular but the outer ones usually much larger and sterile: scales of involucre over-lapping: torus bristly: akenes oblong, with bristly or chaffy pappus. 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 Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954. New York, Macmillan Co.
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