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UMBELLIFER^:. 



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Herbs. 



Flowers umbellate. Stamens 5, epigynous. 

 Styles 2. 



FIG. in. Vertical section of flower of Cow Parsnip, showing the 

 bilocular ovary, with one pendulous ovule in each cell. 



Type Cow- Parsnip (Heracleum Sphondyliuni). 



A coarse erect hairy herb, with fistular stem, much 

 divided leaves with dilated sheathing petioles, and small 

 white flowers in terminal compound umbels. 



From the constant use made of characters based upon 

 the structure of the fruit in this large and well-marked 

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