DICOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS 



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etc.), pumpkins (C. pep^o) and gourds are well-known plants. 

 The pumpkin ia said to be an American plant. 



This family also contains a great many wild plants. 



Fig. 223. — Composite flower. 



CoMPOSiTiE (Composite Family). — Mostly herbs; loaves 

 alternate or opposite, frequently cleft, without stipules; inflo- 

 rescence a close flat head surrounded by involucral leaves : flowers 



