THE DICOTYLEDONS 601 
PEDALIACEAZ OR SESAME Famity.—Tropical herbs often 
thickly covered with viscous hairs. Leaves soft, usually alter- 
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Fic. 458.—The foxglove, Digitalis purpurea var. gloxinaflora, Second year of growth. 
nate, more rarely opposite, exstipulate. Flowers irregular, 
pentamerous. Fruit a capsule (Sesamum, etc.), drupe, or rarely 
a one-seeded, indehiscent nut. Seeds exalbuminous usually. 
