DICOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS 



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IIamamelidace/K. — Shrubs or trees; flowers in heads or 

 spikes; the calyx united with the base of the ovary; fruit a 



Fig, 182. — ^The flat £<3rm of true turnip with white flesh, 



woody, two-chambered capsule with a single bony seed in each 

 chamber; leaves simple and alternate with deciduous stipules. 



