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Oleaceae

5-Forsythia flower l.s.

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Longitudinal section of a flower of Forsythia intermedia showing the sympetalous corolla, the 2 epipetalous stamens, and the superior ovary of 2 connate carpels.

Photo by K. R. Robertson of plants cultivated in Champaign, Illinois.

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