84 SOUTH AFRICAN FLOWERING PLANTS. 



but do not meet in the middle (3 and 6). There 

 is no style, but the stigmas lie over the top of the 

 ovary (compare 2, 3, and 6), so that the pollen tubes 

 can grow downwards inside the soft tissue of these 

 plates till they reach the ovules upon them (3 and 6). 

 The tissues of the styles in flowers, which are especially 



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Fig. 29.— Papa'ver (Poppy). (For description, see text.) 



adapted for conveying the pollen tubes, are called con- 

 ducting tissues. The fruit is a dry Capsule, known as 

 the " poppy-head." It opens by holes, or j^ores, at the 

 top (5, a) to let the seeds (7) fall out. The seeds 

 when cut through show a tiny embryo (8, h) buried in 

 an oily endosperm (8, a). (4) is a stamen. 



As the poppy -head stands on a tall stem, the 



