DICOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS 345 



HAMAMELIDACE^C. Shrubs or trees; flowers in heads or 

 spikes; the calyx united with the base of the ovary; fruit a 



FIG. 182. The flat form of true turnip with white flesh. 



woody, two-chambered capsule with a single bony seed in each 

 chamber; leaves simple and alternate with deciduous stipules. 



