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DEVELOPMENT OF RANUNCULUS 



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Fig. 15. Development of the hypogynous flower of a Ranunculus. 

 A, a very young stage seen from above ; the five sepals k f k"'" are already 

 developed in the order of the numbering, and the five petals c, alternating 

 with them, appear as humps on the flanks of the broad apical dome. 



