PHANEROGAMIA 



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Each carpel usually is prolonged above into a a stalk-like STYLK 

 A 



Via. 478. Different forms of gynaecea. A, Of Aconitum Napellus ; B, of Linum usitatissimum ; C, of 

 Nicotiana rustica ; D, style and stigma of Achillea Milltfolnnn ; f, ovary ; g, style ; H, stigma. 

 (After BERT; and SCHMIDT, magnified.) 



terminating in a variously shaped STIGMA. The stigma serves as the 



B 



FIG. 479. Ovaries containing 1m sal ovules shown 

 in longitudinal section. A, Fagopyrum esctib 'utum 

 (atropous) ; B, Armeria maritima (anatroi>ons). 

 (After DUCHARTRE. x 20.) 



FKI. 480. Ovary of t'orniculum officlnale 

 with pendulous ovules, in longitudinal 

 section. (After KERC, and SCHMIDT, 

 magnified.) 



receptive apparatus for the pollen, and in relation to this is often 



FK;. 481. Diagram of (.-I) liyixi.nynous (/-', L"), iTigynous, and ('') epigynous flowers. 



papillate or moist and sticky (Fig. 478 D). When the gynaeceum 

 is completely syncarpous, it has only one style and stigma. In 



