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Feb 10th

Lychnis githago

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(Used)

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refer to plants of this kind in the following chapters, I will here give a few details respecting them. It is familiar to every one that the ray-florets with of the Compositæ often differ remarkably from the others; & so it is with the outer flowers of many Umbelliferæ, some Cruciferæ & a few other families. Several species of Hydrangea & Viburnum offer striking instances of the same fact. The Rubiaceous genus Mussænda is remarkable presents a very curious appearance from some of the flowers having the apex tips of one of the sepals developed into a large petal-like

[Forms of flowers, pp. 4-5: "With many plants, the flowers towards the outside of the inflorescence are much larger and more conspicuous than the central ones. As I shall not have occasion to refer to plants of this kind in the following chapters, I will here give a few details respecting them. It is familiar to every one that the ray-florets of the Compositæ often differ remarkably from the others; and so it is with the outer flowers of many Umbelliferæ, some Cruciferæ and a few other families. Several species of Hydrangea and Viburnum offer striking instances of the same fact. The Rubiaceous genus Mussænda presents a very curious appearance from some of the flowers having the tip of one of the sepals developed into a large petal-like expansion, coloured either white or purple."]