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IMPORTANT FAMILIES OF PLANTS 



EOSE FAMILY ( ROSACE^}) 



This is the most important fruit producing family in the 

 plant kingdom. The flowers are perfect and regular. There 



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FIG. 128. teanut 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 different 

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

 above characters and has an inferior ovary. 



