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(Opuntia Opuntia; 0. vulgaris of Gray) Cactus family Flowers -Yellow, sometimes reddish at center, 2 to 3 in. across, solitary, mostly seated at the side of joints. Calyx tube not prolonged beyond ova...
(Inula Helenium) Thistle family Flower-heads - Large, yellow, solitary or a few, 2 to 4 in. across; on long, stout peduncles; the scaly green involucre nearly 1 in. high, holding disk florets surround...
(Circaea Lutetiana) Evening Primrose family Flowers - Very small, white, slender pedicelled, in terminal and lateral racemes. Calyx 2-parted, hairy 2 petals, 2 alternate stamens. Stem: 1 to 2 ft. high...
(Onagra biennis; Qenothera biennis of Gray) Evening-primrose family Flowers - Yellow, fragrant, opening at evening, 1 to 2 in. across, borne in terminal leafy-bracted spikes. Calyx tube slender, elong...
(Tiarella cordifolia) Saxifrage family. Flowers - White, small, feathery, borne in a close raceme at the top of a scape 6 to 12 in. high. Calyx white, 9-lobed; 5 clawed petals; 10 stamens, long-exsert...
(Heliopsis helianthoides; H. laevis of Gray) Thistle family Flower-heads - Entirely golden yellow, daisy-like, 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 in. across, the perfect disk florets inserted on a convex, chaffy receptac...
Class and Order. Diadelphia Hexandria. Generic Character. Cal. diphyllus. Cor. ringens. Filamenta 2 membranacea singula Antheris 3. Specific Character and Synonyms. FUMARIA cava, caule simplici, bract...
Class and Order. Diadelphia Pentandria. Generic Character. Cal. diphyllus. Cor. ringens. Filam. 2 membranacea, singula Antheris 3. Specific Character and Synonyms. FUMARIA solida, caule simplici, brac...
Class and Order. Syngenesia Polygamia Frustranea. Generic Character. Recept. paleaceum, planum. Pappus 2-phyllus. Cal. imbricatus, subsquarrosus. Specific Character and Synonyms. HELIANTHUS multifloru...