Fig. 651. 



ORGANS OF REPRODUCTION. 



Fig. 652. Fig. 653. 



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Fig. 651. Follicle of Columbine (Aquilegia), dehiscing by ventral suture. 



Fig. ()52. Follicles of il/a(7»io?ia srZawco, deliiscing by their dorsal suture. The 



seeds are suspended from the carpels by long cords Fig. dnS. Legume 



of the Pea which has opened by both dorsal and ventral sutures ; hence it is 

 two-valved. c. Calyx, ep. Epicarp. pi. Placenta, ov. Seeds attached to 

 the placenta by a fuuicuhis or stalk,/, en, Endocarp. 



Fig. 654. Fig. 655. 



Fig. 65; 



Fig. 658. 



Fig. 656. 



Fig. 659. 



Fig. 6.54. Capsule of the Meadow Saffron {Colchicum 



autumnaW), showing sep'icidal dehiscence. Fig. 



&r,5. Diagram of septicidal dehiscence, showing the 

 placentas and seeds carried away with the valves. 



Fig. 6o6. Diagram of septicidal dehiscence, 



showing the valves breaking away from a central 

 column formed by the union of the placentas. 



Fin 657 Capsul^ of a species of Hibiscus, dehiscing loculicidally. r, v, v. 



Valves, c. Dissepiments, g. Seeds. Fig. 6.58. Diagram of loculicidal 



dehiscence, in which the vaives carry the placentas with them. Fig. 6o9. 



Diagram of loculicidal dehiscence, in wliich the valves have separated 



from the placentas which remain as a central column. 



away from the placentas, which remain united and form a central 



column (^^r. 656). , . 



B. Loculicidal Dehiscence. — This is said to occur, when each 



