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DEVELOPMENT OF RANUNCULUS 



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Fig. 15. Development of the hypogynous flower of a Eanunculus. 

 A, a very young stage seen from above; the five sepals k' k'"" are already 

 developed in the order of the numbering, and the five petals c, alternating 

 with them, appear as humps on the flanks of the broad apical dome. 



