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SYSTEMATIC BOTANY. 



Fig. 920. 



Fig, 921. 



Fig. 920. "Vertical section of the flovvei- of tlie Peach. Fig. 921. Ver- 

 tical section of the flower of the Quince (Cydonia vulgaris). Fig. 



922. Anther with part of the filament of a species of Rubus. Fig. 



923. Vertical section of the flower of Alchemilla. Fig. 924. Vertical 



section of the fruit of the Cherry, ejj. Epicarp. me. Mesocarp. en. 



Endocarp, within which is the seed and embryo. Fig. 925. Vertical 



section of an achsenium of the Rose. Fig. 926. Vertical section of 



the ovary, o, of a species of Rubus, with the ovule, ov. 



460,^, and 918), perigynous, rarely none (Jig. 923). Stamens 

 definite {fig. 923) or numerous, perigynous {figs. 919 — 921); 

 anthers {fig. 922) 2-celled, innate, dehiscing longitudinally. 

 Ovaries 1 {fig. 923), 2, 5, or numerous {figs. 918 and 919); 

 1 -celled {figs.'92^ and 926), usually apocarpous and superior {figs. 

 918, 919); or sometimes more or less combined together, and 

 with the tube of the calyx, and thus becoming inferior {fig. 

 921); stgles basilar {figs. 625 and 923), lateral {fig. 624), or 

 terminal {fig. 920); ovules 1 {fig. 926), or few {fig. 921). Fruit 

 various, either a drupe {fig. 679), an achsenium, a follicle, a dry 

 or succulent etasrio {figs. 647 and 711), a cynarrhodum {fig. 



