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three styles represented, while in the cherry- 

 flower there is only one. The receptacle at 

 r is like that in Fig. 45. In Fig. 47 is 

 shown a section of the strawberry flower. 

 Here again the stamens and petals are at- 

 tached to the short calyx, but the centre of 

 the flower presents a peculiar appearance. 

 The central body is the receptacle much en- 

 larged, and over its surface are scattered nu- 

 merous little pistils, which ripen into the 

 fruits or " seeds " of the strawberry. The 

 elongated receptacle becomes red and fleshy, 

 and is called a strawberry, while in fact it 

 is not a berry, not even a fruit, but the 

 fleshy end of a flower stalk ! If we were to 

 examine a blackberry we should find its cen- 

 tre to be filled, with the white and elongated 

 receptacle, over the surface of which are 

 packed the little fruits. These little fruits 

 are like those on the strawberry, only that 

 they are fleshy. The blackberry is therefore 

 a collection of many little fruits. The rasp- 

 berry resembles the blackberry, but the re- 

 ceptacle does not separate from the bush 

 with the fruits. We will next examine the 

 rose itself, a halved specimen of which, with 

 the petals removed, is shown in Fig. 48. 

 The stamens and petals are borne on the 



