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CHAPTER VI. 
THE FLOWER. 
§3. OF THE PISTIL, AND THE ARTIFICIAL ORDERS. 
FIG. 10.—1, Pistil of a whortleberry (Vaccinium amenum); 4, the stigma; c, style ; a, the 
epigynous disk; e, perpendicular section of the ovary combined with the adherent (superior) 
ealyx ; d, the placenta with the ovules ; 2, the gynecium of a flower with 5 pistils, showing 
the carpels and styles distinct; 7, cross section of the same; 3, the carpels united and the 
styles distinct ; 6, cross section of the same ; 4, both carpels and styles united ; 5, cross section 
of the same; 8, leaf of Bryophyllum, putting forth buds from its margin; 9, carpel of the gar- 
den cherry, reverting to the form of the leaf; 10, two such carpels; 11, two perfect carpels. 
75. Tue pistil (or pistils) occupies the centre of the flower, at 
the termination of the axis. It consists of three parts, the ovary, 
or germ, a, (Fig. 4.) the style, b, and the stigma, c. The style is 
sometimes wanting, and the stigma then becomes sessile upon 
the ovary. (See also Figs. 10, 11.) 
76. The ovary (Lat. ovarium, a depository, from ovwm, an 
egg) is the tumid and hollow part of the pistil, situated at its 
base, containing the ovules, or young seeds within its cavities, 
and destined to become the fruit. 
77. The ovary is either simple or compound. When com- 
pound, it consists of two or more lobes or divisions, called 
CARPELS (agzos, fruit), united together more or less closely 
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