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microsporocytes 



stamea 

 carpel 



ovule containing 

 me^aspore mother cell 



K 



Fig. 140. Frimordia of the parts of a flower and the forerunners of fruit and 

 seeds of pepper. A, the vegetative stem tip previous to the development of flower 

 primordia; B-G, early stages in the development of flower primordia; H-K, stages 

 in the development of fruit and seeds. A-J, after H. L. Cochran, Journal of Agri- 

 cultural Research. K, drawn from a photograph by H. P. Stuckey and J. A. 

 McClintock. 



