DICOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS 



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etc.), pumpkins (C. pepo} and gourds are well-known plants. 

 The pumpkin is said to be an American plant. 



This family also contains a great many wild plants. 



FIG. 223. Composite flower. 



COMPOSITE (Composite Family). Mostly herbs: leaves 

 alternate or opposite, frequently cleft, without stipules; inflo- 

 rescence a close flat head surrounded by involucral leaves ; flowers 



