PLATE CIX.
CHRYSANTHEMUM TRICOLOR.
Three-coloured Corn-Marygold.
CLASS XIX. ORDER II.
SYNGENESIA, POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. Tips united. Superfluous Pointals.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calyx. Communis hæmisphæricus, imbricatus; squamis arcte incumbentibus; interioribus per gradus majoribus, margine scariosis; intimis terminatis squama scariosa.
Corolla. Composita radiata. Corullulæ hermaphroditæ tubulosæ, numerosæ, in disco; femineæ duodenis plures, in radio.
Propria hermaphroditis infundibuliformis, quinquefida, patula, longitudine calycis.
Femineis ligulata, oblonga, tridentata.
Stamina. Hermaphroditis filamenta quinque, capillaria, brevissima. Anthera cylindracea, tubulosa, corolla fere brevior.
Pistillum. Hermaphroditis, germen ovatum. Stylus filiformis, staminibus longior. Stigmata duo, revoluta.