. The elements of botany for beginners and for schools. Botany. 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 flower of a Lobelia, Fig. 285. 268. In Asters, Daisies, Sunflower, Coreopsis (Fig. 268), and the like, only the marginal (or Rai/) corollas are ligulate; the rest (those of the Disk) arf. regularly garaopetalous, ^^^^_^ tubular, and five-lobed at summit; y^7 but they are small and individually Jy inconspicuous, only the ray-flotcers making a show. In fact, those of
. The elements of botany for beginners and for schools. Botany. 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 flower of a Lobelia, Fig. 285. 268. In Asters, Daisies, Sunflower, Coreopsis (Fig. 268), and the like, only the marginal (or Rai/) corollas are ligulate; the rest (those of the Disk) arf. regularly garaopetalous, ^^^^_^ tubular, and five-lobed at summit; y^7 but they are small and individually Jy inconspicuous, only the ray-flotcers making a show. In fact, those of Coreopsis and of Sunflower are simply for show, these ray-flowers being not only sterile, but neutral, that is, having neither stamens nor pistil. But in Asters, Daisies, Golden-rods, and the like, these ray-flowers are pistillate and fertile, serving. 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 Gray, Asa, 1810-1888. New York American Book Co
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