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ROSACEOUS TYPE 



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are zygomorphic in the median plane. In some of the 

 flowers, however, this plane of zygomorphy may be 

 oblique. 



Fig. 42. Flower of the Sycamore, showinfr, 2, complete flower ; 3, the 

 same after removal of petals and sepals, the stamens arising from the 

 fleshy disc ; 4, staminate flower seen from above ; 5, ovary with the 

 hypogynous disc; 6, ovary in transverse section (Wi). 



The typical floral formula is therefore : 

 K, C, A,^, (7(2) 



with median or oblique symmetry of the androscium and 

 pistil. 



A well-marked type is the Rosaceous flower, charac- 

 teristic, as its name denotes, of the large family Rosacese 

 to which the Roses, Blackberry, Raspberry, Apple, Pear, 

 Hawthorn, Rowan, Service-tree and other species of 

 Pyrus, and the Cherry, Plum, and other species of Prunus 

 belong (Fig. 43). 



The Rosaceous flower has a more or less well-defined 

 calyx-tube, or hollowed receptacle, which may be shallow 



w. III. 10 



