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ELEMENTS OF STRUCTURAL BOTANY. 



^ig. 52). They are inserted on a disk wliich crowns the 

 ovary, as are also the five stamens, which are hence said 

 to be epi^ynous. In the centre of the flower are two short 

 styles projecting above the disk, and a vertical section 

 through the ovary (Fig. 53) shows it to be two-oelled, with 

 a single seed suspended from the top of each cell. 



WATEE-PAESNIP. 



59. The Water-Parsnip is a type of the large Order 

 Umbellifeiipe, which is well marked by the following 

 characters : 



1, The flowers are clustered in umbels, and these are 



generally compound. > 



2. The calyx is perfectly adherent to the ovary, so that 



almost none of it prefects above. 

 S. The petals and stain6ns (five, each) are epigynous, 

 4- The ovary is ttoo-celled, and is surmounted by two 



styles. At maturity the pistil separates into two 



dry carpels. 



