CH. XIIl] 



CHERRY FLOWER. 



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of the filaments of the stamens. The cup which con- 

 tains the ovary would be formed of these adherent parts 



FIG. 76. 



FLOWER OF THE PEACH, 



divided longitudinally. 



From Le Maout and Decaisne. 



and the edge of the cup would simply be the place 

 where the various whorls of the flower were no longer 

 adherent. 



FIG. 77. 



CHERRY FLOWER, 



longitudinally divided. 



R, the hollow receptacle. C, fche calyx. 



