FIGWORT FAMILY 



SCROPHULARICE^: 



THE Figwort family is a large group contain- 

 ing a considerable variety of interesting wild 

 flowers. These usually have the petals united 



fe. 



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WOOD BETONY 



together into a tube with two distinct lips at the 

 outer end. There are two or four stamens and a 

 two-celled ovary from which arises a single style 

 that sometimes bears two stigmas. The ovaries 

 develop into pods with a varying number of seeds. 



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