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POME-^. 



[part I. 



siderable resemblance to the flowers of the 

 genera already described, but the petals (see 

 a mjig. 27) are oblong, rather than roundish. 



Fig. 27. — Fruit and part of the Flower of the Apple. 



The calyx {h) is tubular in the lower part, and the 

 limb is divided into five lobes. The receptacle 

 lines the lower part of the calyx, and forms a 

 disk, filling its throat, in which the stamens and 

 petals are inserted. There are five ovaries, the 

 styles of which are for half their length united, 

 leaving the upper part and the stigmas free ; 

 and the ovaries themselves, now become cells, 

 are enclosed in a cartilaginous endocarp, which 

 forms what we call the core of the Apple, and 

 which adheres firmly to the tubular part of the 

 calyx. There are two ovules in each cell, placed 



