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nodes. Each flower is borne on a short, slender jointed 

 pedicel (Fig. ico). The perianth is campanulate (bell- 

 shaped), about 6 millimeters long, the segments being linear 



Fig. 



(JO. — Garden asparagus (.A.sparagus officinalis). Portion of pistillate 

 plant in fruit, on left; and of staniinate plant in flower, on right. 



and obtuse. The stamens are shorter than the perianth 

 lobes. The single ovary has a short style, a three-lobed 

 stigma and three locules. Common asparagus is dioecious — 



