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Oleaceae

16-Chionanthus panicles

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This is a closer view of the panicles of Chionanthus virginicus. Like other members of the Oleaceae, the flowers have 4 sepals, 4 petals, 2 stamens, and a syncarpous gynoecium of 2 carpels.

Photo by K. R. Robertson at Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.

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