. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Genus 108. THISTLE FAMILY. 557 i. Centaurea Cyanus L. Blue-bottle. Corn Blue-bottle. Corn-flower. Fig. 4656. Cen'aurea Cyanus L. Sp. PI. 911. 1753. Annual, woolly, at least when young; stem leafy, slender, branched, i°-2$° high, the branches ascending. Leaves linear or linear-lanceolate, mucronate, 3'-6' long, the basal and lower ones mostly remotely dentate, t
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Genus 108. THISTLE FAMILY. 557 i. Centaurea Cyanus L. Blue-bottle. Corn Blue-bottle. Corn-flower. Fig. 4656. Cen'aurea Cyanus L. Sp. PI. 911. 1753. Annual, woolly, at least when young; stem leafy, slender, branched, i°-2$° high, the branches ascending. Leaves linear or linear-lanceolate, mucronate, 3'-6' long, the basal and lower ones mostly remotely dentate, the upper, or sometimes all of them, entire; heads i'-ii' broad, on long naked peduncles; involucre campanulate, its bracts greenish-yellow, or the inner with darker tips and margins, appressed, fimbriate with scarious teeth; flowers blue, purplish, pink or white, the marginal ones neutral with large radiant corolla- limbs ; achenes slightly compressed, or 4-angled; pappus bristles unequal, nearly as long as the achene. In waste places, escaped from gardens, and in bal- last, Quebec to Ontario, western New York, Nebraska and Virginia. Witches'-bells or -thimbles, corn- centaury, corn-bottle or -binks. Brushes. Hurt-sickle. Blue-bonnets. Blaver. Blue poppy. Bachelor's-but- tons. Blue caps. Barbeau. French pink. 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 Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Brown, Addison, 1830-1913. New York, Scribner
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