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The florets are tubular, and intermixed with them in the receptacle are frequently found the hardened bracts, which in this state are called paleæ, and which appear to be of a chaffy substance, as exemplified in the choke of the Artichoke, the fleshy receptacle being in this plant what we call the Artichoke bottom.
The true Chamomile (Anthemis nobilis) greatly resembles the Chrysanthemum in its flowers; but they are distinguished by having a chaffy receptacle, and the fruit having a membranous margin.
The Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) is another plant destitute of pappus, but with a chaffy receptacle; it is also remarkable for its leaves, which are doubly pinnatifid.
The petals, which form a kind of extinguisher, when they are raised by the five stamens, fall off (c), and occasion the chaffy appearance observable in clusters of Vine-flowers.
In the genus Dipsacus, the most important plant is the Fuller’s Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum), in which the receptacle is raised in the form of a cone, and the chaffy scales are hooked, and so strong, that the flower-heads when dry are used for preparing broad-cloth.
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