CH. XIIl] 



GOOSEBERRY. 



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taken place in the evolution of the inferior ovary, of which 

 the gooseberry supplies an example. Fig. 79 shows the 



FIG. 79. 

 GOOSEBERRY. 



On the left, the flower longitudinally divided. 

 o, the cavity of the ovary ; p, petals ; s, sepals ; /, filaments ; st, the 



bifid stigma. 



In the centre, a transverse section of the ovary. 

 On the right, a transverse section of the ripening fruit, 

 a, transparent cells of the testa (see Ch. XIV.). 



inferior ovary surmounted by the rest of the flower, of 

 which the most characteristic feature is given by the five 

 minute petals alternating, on one hand, with the five 

 calyx-lobes, and on the other with the five stamens. The 

 ovary is made up of two carpels as is indicated by the bifid 

 stigma, and by the two opposite placentas or regions 

 which bear the ovules : this is especially well seen in the 

 transverse section of the ovary 1 . 



1 The fruit is described in the following chapter. 



