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PLANT FAMILIES: DICOTYLEDONS. 



Fig. 226. 



Flower of Fragaria vesca with columnar 

 receptacle. (From Warming.) 



over the surface. 3d. The raspberries, blackberries, etc., 



represented here by the flower- 

 ing raspberry (Rubus odoratus), 

 fig. 227. 4th. This is repre- 

 sented by the roses. The re- 

 ceptacle is urn-shaped and con- 

 stricted toward the upper por- 

 tion, with the carpels enclosed 

 in the base (fig. 228). 5th. 

 Here the receptacle is cup- 

 shaped or bell-shaped and nearly closed at the mouth as in the 

 agrimony. 



428. Lesson XII. The almond or plum family (amygdala- 

 ). The members of this family are trees or shrubs. The 



common choke-cherry (fig. 

 229) will serve to represent 

 one of the types. The 

 flowers of this species are 

 borne in racemes. The 

 receptacle is cup-shaped. 

 Only one seed in the single 



Fig. 227. 

 Flowering raspberry (Rubus odoratus). 



Fig. 228. 



Perigynous flower of rosa. with 

 contracted receptacle. (From 

 Warming.) 



carpel (sometimes two carpels) matures as the calyx falls away. 



