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IMPORTANT FAMILIES OF PLANTS 



KOSE FAMILY (kOSACE.e) 



This is the most important fruit producing family in the 

 plant kingdom. The flowers are perfect and regular. There 



Fia. 128.— Peanut plant with the elongated stems sending seeds into the soil shown at 

 right and left. 



are usually five sepals, five petals and many stamens, but the 

 character of the ovary is extremely variable in the diiferent 

 genera.* The wild rose may be taken as a type; it possesses the 

 above characters and has an inferior ovary. 



