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ELEMENTS OF STRUCTURAL BOTANY. 



'Fig. 52). They are inserted on a <li*k /////>// rrmni* tit? 

 ovary, as are also the five stamens, which aw hence said 

 to be eptffynoua. In the centre of the flower are two short 

 styles projecting above the disk, and a vertical se 

 through the ovary (Fig. 53) shows it to be two-celled, with 

 a single seed suspended from the top of each cell. 



WATER-PARSNIP. 



59. The Water-Parsnip is a type of the large Order 

 Umbelliferce, which is well marked by the following 

 characters : 



1. The flowers are clustered in umbels^ and these are 



generally compound. 



2. The calyx is perfectly adln'i'cni to the ovary, so that 



almost none of it prefects above. 



3. The petals and stamens (Jive each) are epigynous. 



4. The ovary is two-celled, and is surmnnntfd by two 



styles. At maturity the pistil separates into tico 

 dry carpels. 



