XVII. EESEDACE^. 



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Mignonette. 

 (Reseda odoralct.) 



Reseda. 

 Flower cut vertically (mag.). 



Ochradenus. 

 Mpshy fmit (mag.), 



Randonia afrieana. 

 Diagi'am, 



' IZexeda. Reseda. Reseda, Reseda. Reseda. 



Diagram. Calyx, disk, and yoitng pistil (mag.). Young fruit (mag.). Eipe fruit. Fruit laid open (mag.). 



Reseda. Reseda. Reseda. 



One of the lateral One of the anterior Transverse section 



petals (mag.). petals (mag.). of ovary (mag.). 



sub-coherent (OUgomeris), equal or unequal, open in aestivation. Disk hypogjnous, 

 sessile or stipitate, more or less concave, fleshy, often prolonged behind, rarely 

 (OUgomeris). Stamens 3-40, inserted vfithin the disk, rarely perigynous [Randonia], 

 not covered by the petals in sestivation ; filaments equal or unequal, often pendulous, 

 free or rarely connate at the base [OUgomeris) ; cmthers introrse, 2 -celled, dehiscence 

 longitudinal. Ovaet sessile or stipitate, of 2-6 carpels, sometimes coherent into a 



