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family, forms most of the subsistence of many islanders of the 

 South Pacific. Figs, belonging to the Mulberry family, are a 

 highly prized article of food in their native countries. They 

 are among the most valuable of our 

 imported dried fruits, and are coming 

 to be extensively grown in California. 



Fig. 286. European elm {JJhnus campestris) 



A, a flowering twig; B, a flower; C, longitudinal section of a flower; D, a fruit. 

 A, B, natural size ; B, C, enlarged. After Wossidlo 



B 



Fig. 287. Pistils in the Rose family 



A, Prunnxtj-ge; B, PotentiUa type; C, TJo.sa type ; c, calyx ; o, ovary. 

 After Prantl 



319. The Rose family (Rosacea). The Rose family numbers 

 about 2000 si)(.'ci('S of herbs, shrulis, and trees. The flowers 

 are perigynous or epigynous (Fig. -J^"), with the [larts of the 

 perianth usually in fives ; stamens generally more numerous 

 than the divisions of the perianth ; carpels one to many. The 



