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Inflorescence and Flowers.- The tlowers (l""ig. 221) arc 

 in broad compound umbels usually with 7 to 15 main "rays, 

 each terminated by a small umbellet. There are no involu- 

 cres and involucels in the [)arsnip, thus (lilU'rin.i^ markedly 



itiva). 



from tin" carrot. The llowers are >i'llo\v. Tin- calyx teeth 

 are very small or absent, the petals incurved and small, the 

 stvloi)odium depressed, and the ovary inferior. 



Fruit and Seed.- The fruit (Fig. 218) is l)roadly oval and 

 much llattened dorsally. The dorsal and two intermediate 



