Excerpt from The Flora of the Alps, Vol. 2 of 2 Inflorescence a capitule surrounded by an involucre of bracts; flowers small, all tubular, or the outer ones (florets of the ray) ligulate, the inner ones (florets of the disk) tubular; all bisexual, or some female, some male or neuter, and some bisexual; calyx-limb 0 or a feathery pappus; stamens 5, anthers always connate (syngene sions) ovary inferior, I-celled, 1-ovuled, stigmas 2; fruit a 1-seeded achene, often surmounted by the feathery pappus. A ...
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Excerpt from The Flora of the Alps, Vol. 2 of 2 Inflorescence a capitule surrounded by an involucre of bracts; flowers small, all tubular, or the outer ones (florets of the ray) ligulate, the inner ones (florets of the disk) tubular; all bisexual, or some female, some male or neuter, and some bisexual; calyx-limb 0 or a feathery pappus; stamens 5, anthers always connate (syngene sions) ovary inferior, I-celled, 1-ovuled, stigmas 2; fruit a 1-seeded achene, often surmounted by the feathery pappus. A vast order, the largest among flowering plants, comprising about one-tenth of the flowering flora of the globe, belonging to all climates and all altitudes. Many of the genera are distinguished only by minute characters, and in some of the genera the species are very difficult, running into one another by insensible gradations. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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