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THE PLANT WORLD 



nized families of the dicoty- 

 ledons. The legumes always 

 have irregular flowers, as the 

 sweet pea, and produce fruit 

 which is a pod. Most of the 

 legumes have compound leaves. 

 Examples are : peas, beans, 

 clover, lupines, and peanuts, 

 while locusts and acacias are 

 examples of trees. 



The Rose Family can be told 

 by the flower in which the parts 

 come out in fives, the sepals 

 and petals making a cup from 

 which the stamens spring. 

 Roses, and the blossoms of 

 strawberries, blackberries, rasp- 

 berries, cherries, pears, and 

 apples are examples. 

 The Buttercup Family is a very large family, which bears solitary 

 and conspicuous flowers in which the calyx and corolla are usually 

 the same color. They have a large and indefinite number of 



L. W. Brownell 

 Watercress (mustard family). 



W. Brownell 



The Globe flower is a member of the buttercup family. 



