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ELEMENTS OP STRUCTtTKAL BOTANY. 



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

 to be epigrjnous. In the centre of the flower are two 

 short styles projecting above the disk, and a vertical 

 section through the ovary (Fig. 51) shows it to be two- 

 celled, with a single seed suspended from the top of 

 each cell. 



WATER-PARSNIP. 



CHAPTEE VII. 



EXAMINATION OF COMMON PLANTS WITH EPIPETALOUS STAMENS 

 DANDELION CATNIP- 



47. Dandelion. The examination of this flower 

 will be somewhat more difficult than that of any we 

 have yet undertaken. 



Provide yourselves with specimens in flower and in 

 seed. 



The root of the plant, like that of the Mallow, is a 

 tap-root. 



