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CHERRY. 



[CH. XIV 



Cherry (Prunus cerasus). 



The flower of the cherry has been already described, 

 and is shown in fig. 90. 



FIG. 90. 



CHERRY FLOWER, 



longitudinally divided. 



R, the hollow receptacle. 0, the calyx. 



The ovary seated at the bottom of the cup-like 

 receptacle is what develops into the fruit; it consists 

 of a single carpellary leaf, on the united edges of which 

 are borne a pair of ovules, as shown in the section of the 

 ovary of a closely related plant, the peach (fig. 91). Only 



FIG. 91. 



TRANSVERSE SECTION THROUGH THE OVARY or THE PEACH. 

 From Le Maout and Decaisne. 



