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growth of buds fitted to live over the winter we may safely 
conclude that we have a perennial plant. If, on the con- 
Fic. 285, II1.—Mouse-tail. Pistil, entire. Same, cut vertically. Staminode. 
(Baillon.) 
Fia. 286.—Fennel-flowers (Nigella sativa and N. damascena, Crowfoot 
Family, Ranunculacee). A, flowering top of N. sativa. B, flower, cut 
vertically. C, stamen. D, staminode. £, fruit. F, pistil. G, seed, 
entire, and cut vertically. 4H, floral diagram. J, fruit of N. damascena, 
cut across. (LeMaout and Decaisne.)—Annuals with bluish or white 
flowers and dry fruit. Natives of the Old World. 
trary, a full grown herb lacks all such signs of a previous — 
year’s growth or of provision for the future, it is clearly an 
