. Botany for agricultural students . Botany. COMPOSITE FLOWERS 25 and many other plants belong, that have their many small flowers grouped in a compact head as shown at A in Figure 23. This group of plants is called Composites, and includes some of our useful plants as well as some of the most troublesome Fig. 25. — A cluster of Lady's-shppers. Both calyx and corolla are somewhat peculiar. In some cases, as in the Sunflower, the flowers occupying the center of the head have tube-like corollas and are called tubular flowers, while those around the margin have strap-shaped and much more
. Botany for agricultural students . Botany. COMPOSITE FLOWERS 25 and many other plants belong, that have their many small flowers grouped in a compact head as shown at A in Figure 23. This group of plants is called Composites, and includes some of our useful plants as well as some of the most troublesome Fig. 25. — A cluster of Lady's-shppers. Both calyx and corolla are somewhat peculiar. In some cases, as in the Sunflower, the flowers occupying the center of the head have tube-like corollas and are called tubular flowers, while those around the margin have strap-shaped and much more showy corollas, and are called ligulate flowers. See A, B, and C of Figure 23. In some of the Composites, as in the Dandelion, all of the flowers of the head are ligulate, while in some, like the Thistle, all the flowers are tubular. The calyx is often composed. 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 Martin, John N. (John Nathan), b. 1875. New York : John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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