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BOTANY 



rare. K 5, C 5, A 5, G (2). The sepals are usually represented by 

 short teeth. The flowers at the circumference of the compound 

 umbel sometimes become zygomorphic by the enlargement of the 

 outwardly directed petals. Ovary always bi-carpellary and bilocular ; 



KKI. 701.--Carum. carvi (J nat. size). In- 

 MuM-sci'iifc lM-aring fruits. Single flower, 

 and carpopliore bearing the mericarjts 

 (enlarged). OFFICIAL. 



l-'in. 70-2. 1, Oenantltejutlulosa ( nat. size). 2. Group 

 of fruits. ,;, Single fruit (enlarged). Poisoxous. 



in each loculus-a single ovule which hangs from the medium septum 

 with its micropyle directed upwards and outwards. The upper surface 

 of the carpels is occupied by a swollen, nectar-secreting disc continu- 

 ing into the longer or shorter styles, which terminate in spherical 

 stigmas. Fruit a schizocarp, splitting in the plane of the septum into 

 two partial fruits or mericarps. In many cases the latter remain for a 

 time attached to the carpophore, which originates from the central 



