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PIG. 317. Hagenia abyssinica: A, branch showing a large panicle of pistillate 

 flowers and the stipulate, compound leaves; B, C, staminate flowers; D, E, pistillate 

 flowers. After Berg and Schmidt. 



In the genus Fragaria to which the strawberry belongs, the 

 torus becomes large and fleshy and is the edible part of the fruit. 

 The garden strawberry (F. chilocnsis) has a large fruit, the 

 achenes being sunken in the periphery of the torus (Fig. 242). In 



