270 SOUTH AFRICAN FLOWERING PLANTS, 



of a minute scale. This is, in fact, the leaf, but reduced 

 to a mere rudiment. 



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Fig. 106. — Aspar'agus. I, Flowering-shoot. II. Vertical section of flower. III. 

 Transverse section of ovary. IV. Diagram. V. Fruit. VI. Seed. VII. Vertical 

 section of seed. 



The following are the details of a flower of 

 Aspar'agus : — . 



