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all else is different. First, there Is the great dis- 

 tinctive feature which gives the family name of 

 umbel-bearers tp this large section of the vegetable 

 kingdom ; an umbel being that peculiar disposition 

 of the flowers which we see in Fig; 30, and which 

 we find in all plants.belpnging to the order. Ob- 

 serve how the flower-stems aU spring from one 

 central point. Tou will seldom gather these hem- 



YiG, 36. — Compound Leaf of TXmbellifeFons Plant. <e, sheath for stenii 



lock-hke plants with flowers otherwise than white, 

 though some haVe a pinkish tinge, and one or two 

 are yellow; moreover, we have compound leaves 

 again (Fig. 36), but, compound after a different 

 mode fr6m the leaves of the vetch, or of thiB rose ; 

 the leaf, too, sheaths the stem at its; base, and the 

 stem is more. or less hollow. Look to these things. 



